At evening, the time when women went out to draw water, he made the camels kneel beside a well outside the town.
1 Samuel 9:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised As they were climbing the hill to the city, they found some young women coming out to draw water and asked, ‘Is the seer here? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
At evening, the time when women went out to draw water, he made the camels kneel beside a well outside the town.
Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah #– #daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor #– #coming with a jug on her shoulder.
But they replied, ‘We can’t until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we will water the sheep.’
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Don’t set an ambush, you wicked one, at the camp of the righteous man; don’t destroy his dwelling.
Let them tell the righteous acts of the Lord, the righteous deeds of his villagers in Israel, with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.
‘Good,’ Saul replied to his servant. ‘Come on, let’s go.’ So they went to the city where the man of God was.