Genesis 24:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Before he had finished speaking, behold, out came Rebekah, who was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor the brother of Abraham, with her water jar on her shoulder.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Even before he finished speaking, Rebekah—daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother—was coming out with a water jar on her shoulder.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ But he had not yet completed these words within himself, when, behold, Rebekah went out, the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ He had not yet ended these words within himself, and, behold, Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder.

Genesis 24:15 Cross References

Genesis 11:27

Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran was the father of Lot.

Genesis 11:29

Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Genesis 21:14

So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 24:14

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.”

Genesis 24:24

She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

Genesis 24:45

“Before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

Genesis 25:20

and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 29:5

He said to them, “Do you know Laban son of Nahor?” They said, “We do.”

Genesis 29:9

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

Psalm 65:2

O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.

Exodus 2:16

The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Isaiah 58:9

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.” If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,

Isaiah 65:24

Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.

Ruth 2:17

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

1 Samuel 9:11

As they went up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”