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Genesis 24:43

Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’

BSB

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ASV

behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;

KJV

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehhere!H2009
אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiIH595
נִצָּ֖בni.Tzav[am] standingH5324
עַל־'al-atH5921
עֵ֣ין'ein[the] spring ofH5869
הַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimthe waterH4325
וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
הָֽעַלְמָה֙ha.'al.Mahthe young womanH5959
הַיֹּצֵ֣אתhai.yo.Tzetwho will come outH3318
לִשְׁאֹ֔בlish.'Oto draw waterH7579
וְאָמַרְתִּ֣יve.'a.mar.Tiand I will sayH559
אֵלֶ֔יהָ'e.Lei.hato herH413
הַשְׁקִֽינִי־hash.ki.ni-give to drink meH8248
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994
מְעַט־me.'at-a little ofH4592
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃mi.ka.Dekhfrom jar yourH3537

The walk

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Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain