And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water.
1 Samuel 9:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) As they went up the hill to the city, they met young maidens coming out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As they went up the hill to the city, they met young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? American Standard Version (1901) As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? Common English Bible They were going up the hill to the town when they met some young women coming out to draw water. “Is the seer here?” they asked them. Catholic Public Domain Version And as they were ascending the slope to the city, they found some young women going out to draw water. And they said to them, "Is the seer here?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here? |
And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water.
Before he had done speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar upon her shoulder.
But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do not violence to his home;
To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the triumphs of the Lord, the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel. “Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.
And Saul said to his servant, “Well said; come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.