And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
1 Samuel 9:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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? 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 to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
While he yet spake 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.
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Spoil not his resting place:
Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.