Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And the servant will run to meet her, and he will say, Give me to drink now a little water from thy bucket
New American Standard Bible
Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “
King James Version
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Holman Bible
Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.”
International Standard Version
Then Abraham's servant ran to meet her and asked her, "Please, let me have a sip of water from your jug."
A Conservative Version
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.
American Standard Version
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.
Amplified
Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”
Bible in Basic English
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
Darby Translation
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher.
King James 2000
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray you, drink a little water of your pitcher.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the servant ran to meet her. And he said, "Please, let me drink a little of the water from your jar."
Modern King James verseion
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Please let me drink a little water of your pitcher.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the servant ran unto her and said, "Let me sip a little water of thy pitcher."
NET Bible
Abraham's servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug."
New Heart English Bible
The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
The Emphasized Bible
And the servant ran to meet her, - and said, I pray thee let me drink a little water out of thy pitcher.
Webster
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water from thy pitcher.
World English Bible
The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
Youngs Literal Translation
And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;'
Themes
Prayer » Answered » Abraham's servant, for guidance
Prayer, answers to » Abraham's servant
Rebekah (rebecca) » Becomes isaac's wife
Interlinear
`ebed
M@`at
Mayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 24:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham's Servant Finds A Wife For Isaac
16 And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up. 17 And the servant will run to meet her, and he will say, Give me to drink now a little water from thy bucket 18 And she will say, Drink, lord: and she will hasten, and she will bring down her bucket upon her hand, and will give him to drink
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 4:7
A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.
Genesis 26:1-35
And a famine shall be iu the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaak will go to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.
1 Kings 17:10
And he will rise and go to Zarephath, and will come to the entrance of the city, and behold there a widow woman gathering wood: and he will call to her, and say, Take now to me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink.
Isaiah 21:14
To meet the thirsty, bring ye water, O inhabitants of the land of Tema: anticipate ye him wandering, with bread.
Isaiah 30:25
And there was upon every mountain being lofty and every hill lifted up, brooks and streams of water in the day of much slaughter, in the falling of the towers.
Isaiah 35:6-7
Then shall the lame one leap as the stag, and the tongue of the dumb shall give forth the voice: for waters brake forth in the desert, and torrents in the sterile region.
Isaiah 41:17-18
The poor and the needy seeking water, and none; their tongue failing in thirst, I Jehovah will answer them; the God of Israel, I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger and they shall not thirst, and the heat shall not strike them, and the sun: for he pitying them shall lead them, and to fountains of water he shall conduct them.
John 4:9
Then says the Samaritan woman to him, How thou, being a Jew, askest of me to drink, being a Samaritan woman? for the Jews have no intercourse with the Samaritans.