He made the camels kneel down outside 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 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, 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? |
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rivka came out, who was born to Betu'el the son of Milkah, the wife of Nachor, Avraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
They said, *We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep.*
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
Now the Kohen of Midyan had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:
Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Yisra'el. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.
Then said Sha'ul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.