Thematic Bible: Tended flocks and herds
Thematic Bible
Women » Tended flocks and herds
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time. This is the time when women go out to draw water.
Verse Concepts
The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Verse Concepts
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Verse Concepts
I am standing by the spring. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Let there be the girl to whom I say: 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers: 'Drink, and I will water your camels also.' May she be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown loving-kindness to my master.
When she finished giving him a drink, she said: I will also keep drawing water for your camels until they have had enough to drink. She quickly emptied her jar into the water trough. Then she ran back to the well to draw more water. She drew enough for all his camels.