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A Wife for Isaac

Genesis 24:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
KJV
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
WEB
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
ASV
Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water:
LSV
behold, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;
YLT
lo, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;
DBY
Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.
DRC
Behold I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water.
GNV
Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.
JPS
Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.
LXXE
Lo! I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב עַל־עֵ֣ין הַמָּ֑יִם וּבְנוֹת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֔יר יֹצְאֹ֖ת לִשְׁאֹ֥ב מָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος· αἱ δὲ θυγατέρες τῶν οἰκούντων τὴν πόλιν ἐκπορεύονται ἀντλῆσαι ὕδωρ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 24:43Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
  • Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
  • 1 Samuel 9:11And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
  • Genesis 29:9–10While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and…
  • Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  • John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
  • Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
  • Genesis 24:11As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
  • Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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