Genesis 24:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please offer your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And let it so be that the girl to whom I say, I pray you, let down your jar that I may drink, and she replies, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also–let her be the one whom You have selected and appointed and indicated for Your servant Isaac [to be a wife to him]; and by it I shall know that You have shown kindness and faithfulness to my master.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ When I say to a young woman, ‘Hand me your water jar so I can drink,’ and she says to me, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels water too,’ may she be the one you’ve selected for your servant Isaac. In this way I will know that you’ve been loyal to my master.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Therefore, the girl to whom I will say, 'Tip your pitcher, so that I may drink,' and she will respond, 'Drink. In fact, I will give your camels a drink also,' the same one is she whom you have prepared for your servant Isaac. And by this, I will understand that you have shown mercy to my lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: Let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac. And by this I shall understand, that thou hast shown kindness to my master.

Genesis 24:14 Cross References

Genesis 15:8

But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”

Genesis 24:13

I am standing here by the spring of water, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 24:15

Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder.

Genesis 24:18

“Drink, my lord,” she said and quickly lowered her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.

Genesis 24:19

When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”

Genesis 24:43

I am standing here by the spring of water; let the young woman who comes out to draw, to whom I shall say, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,”

Genesis 24:44

and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also”—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’

2 Samuel 20:9

Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

2 Samuel 5:24

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then be on the alert, for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

Proverbs 19:14

House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Isaiah 7:11

“Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”

Romans 1:10

asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you.

Judges 18:5

Then they said to him, “Inquire of God that we may know whether the mission we are undertaking will succeed.”

Judges 6:17

Then he said to him, “If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

Judges 6:37

I am going to lay a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will deliver Israel by my hand, as you have said.”

1 Samuel 20:7

If he says, ‘Good!’ it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that evil has been determined by him.