Genesis 24:19
in Genesis 24After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
KJV
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
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This verse in Genesis 24
Commentary
7 notes on this verseI will draw water for thy camels also - Had Rebekah done no more than Eliezer had prayed for, we might have supposed that she acted not as a free agent, but was impelled to it by the absolutely controlling power of God; but as she exceeds all that was requested, we see that it sprang from her native benevolence, and sets her conduct in the most amiable point of view.
This site's exposition
the servant ran to meet her
on Genesis 24:17-20
He runs, and after that every verb of action belongs to her. She lowered her jar, gave him a drink, emptied the jar into the trough, ran back to the well, and drew water for all his camels. She offers the camels before he asks, which is the thing he had prayed for. The work is counted in trips.
This site's exposition
I will also draw water for your camels
The sign was met and then exceeded. She promises water until the camels have had enough to drink. Adam Clarke saw the point: had she done only what was prayed for, she might seem moved without choice, and doing more shows the kindness was her own.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But when he has the desired success, he worships God, not the angel. Whatever benefit we have by the ministration of angels, all the glory must be given to the Lord of the angels, Rev. xxii.
Thus God swears his servants to their work, that, having sworn, they may perform it. Swearing being an ordinance, not peculiar to the church, but common to mankind, is to be performed by such signs as are the common usages of our country. God's angels are ministering spirits, sent forth, not only for the protection, but guidance of the heirs of promise, Heb. i, 14.
And when she had done giving him drink,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Her comely appearance, her affable manners, her obliging courtesy in going down the steps to fetch water not only to him but to pour it into the trough for his camels, afforded him the most agreeable surprise. She was the very person his imagination had pictured, and he proceeded to reward her civility.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתְּכַ֖ל | vatekhal | and she finished | H3615 → | 208 times |
| לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹ | lehashkoto | to give a drink him | H8248 → | 61 times |
| וַתֹּ֗אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| גַּ֤ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ | ligmaleikha | for camels your | H1581 → | 54 times |
| אֶשְׁאָ֔ב | ʾeshav | I will draw water | H7579 → | 19 times |
| עַ֥ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | <if> | H518 → | 1069 times |
| כִּלּ֖וּ | kilu | they have finished | H3615 → | 208 times |
| לִשְׁתֹּֽת׃ | lishtot | to drink | H8354 → | 217 times |
וַתְּכַ֖לand she finished
vatekhalH3615 →208 times
לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹto give a drink him
lehashkotoH8248 →61 times
וַתֹּ֗אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
גַּ֤םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙for camels your
ligmaleikhaH1581 →54 times
אֶשְׁאָ֔בI will draw water
ʾeshavH7579 →19 times
עַ֥דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
אִם־<if>
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
כִּלּ֖וּthey have finished
kiluH3615 →208 times
לִשְׁתֹּֽת׃to drink
lishtotH8354 →217 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
- Romans 12:13
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- Philippians 2:14
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
- Hebrews 13:16
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Titus 1:8
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
- Hebrews 13:2
Through
Genesis 24:14Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be…
it leads to
- Judges 6:37
then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are…
- Judges 6:17
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
- Genesis 15:8
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
- Judges 6:37
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.