“Today I came to this well and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.
Genesis 24:11 - Easy To Read Version The servant went to the water well outside the city. It was in the evening when the women come out to get water. The servant made the camels kneel down there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he made his camels to kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening when women go out to draw water. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible He had the camels kneel down outside the city at the well in the evening, when women come out to draw water. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had made the camels lie down outside of the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are accustomed to go out to draw water, he said: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had made the camels lie down without the town near a well of water in evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said: |
“Today I came to this well and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.
Jacob looked, and he saw a well in the field. There were three flocks of sheep lying near the well. This well was the place where these sheep drank water. There was a large rock covering the mouth of the well.
Pharaoh heard about what Moses did, so he decided to kill Moses. But Moses ran away from Pharaoh. Moses went to the land of Midian.
There was a priest in Midian who had seven daughters. Those girls came to that well to get water for their father’s sheep. They were trying to fill the water trough with water.
A Samaritan {\cf2\super [59]} woman came to that well to get some water. Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink of water.”
At the watering holes for the animals, we hear the music of cymbals. People sing about the victories of the Lord, the victories of his soldiers in Israel when the Lord’s people fought at the city gates {and won}!