6 Bible Verses about Examples Of Good Servants
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And the servant will put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swear to him concerning this word. And the servant shall take ten camels from the camels of his lord, and will go, and all the goods of his lord in his hand; and he will rise and go to Syria of the rivers to the city of Nahor. And he will make his camels to kneel down without the city by the well of waters, at the time of evening, of the going forth to draw water.read more.
And he will say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, light upon my face this day, and do kindness with lord Abraham. Behold, I stand at the fountain of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water. And it shall be the girl to whom saying to her, incline now thy bucket, and I will drink; and she said, Drink, and I will also give thy camels to drink; thou didst appoint for thy servant Isaak; and by it I shall know that thou didst kindness with my lord. And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder. 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. And the servant will run to meet her, and he will say, Give me to drink now a little water from thy bucket 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 And she will finish to give him to drink, and will say, I will draw also for thy camels; till they finished drinking. And she will hasten and empty her bucket into the watering trough, and will run again to the well to draw, and will draw for all his camels. And the man looking with attention at her, being silent to know whether Jehovah prospered his way or not And it shall be when the camels finished drinking, and the man will take a gold ring of half a shekel, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels of gold. And he will say, Whose daughter thou? announce now to me: is there place in thy father's house for us to pass the night? And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor. And she will say to him, also straw, and also much fodder to us; also a place to pass the night. And the man will bow down and prostrate himself to Jehovah. And he will say, Praised be Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, who let not go his kindness and his truth from my lord: I in the way, Jehovah led me to the house of my lord's brother. And the girl will run and announce to the house of her mother, according to these words. And to Rebekah a brother, and his name Laban: and Laban will run to the man without at the fountain. And it will be after seeing the ring and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when hearing the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus the man spake to me; and he will come to the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain. And he will say, Come thou blessed of Jehovah, why wilt thou stand without? and I prepared the house, and a place for the camels. And the man will come into the house and will loosen the camels, and give straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men which are with him. And he will set before his face to eat, and he will say, Not to eat till I have spoken my word. And he will say, Speak. And he will say, I am Abraham's servant And Jehovah blessed my lord greatly, and he will be great; and he will give to him sheep and oxen, and silver and gold, and servants and maids and camels and asses. And Sarah my lord's wife will bring forth a son to my lord after she was old, and to him he will give all which is to him. And my lord will cause me to swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell. If not, thou shalt go to my father's house, and to my family, and take a wife to my son. And saying to my lord, If the woman will not come after me? And he will say to me, Jehovah, before whose face I walked, will send his messenger with thee, and prosper thy way, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from my family, and from my father's house. Then shalt thou be clean from mine oath, when thou shalt come to my family; if they will not give to thee, and thou shalt be pure from mine oath. And I will come this day to the fountain, and say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, if thou wilt now incline thyself to prosper my way in which I go: Behold, I stand by the fountain of waters, and the virgin coming forth to draw, and I said to her, Now give me to drink a little water from thy bucket And she saying to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: she the woman which Jehovah appointed for my lord's son. Before I shall finish speaking to my heart, and behold, Rebekah went forth, and her bucket upon her shoulder; and she will go down to the fountain and draw; and saying to her, Give me to drink now. And she will hasten and will bring down her bucket from her, and will say, Drink, and I will water thy camels also: and I shall drink, and she watered the camels also. And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. And I shall bow down and worship Jehovah, and bless Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, who led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my lord's brother to his son. And now if ye are doing kindness and truth with my lord, announce to me, and if not, announce to me; and I shall turn to the right hand or to the left.
And it will be in the seventh day, and the child will die. And David's servants feared to announce to him that the child died: for they said, Behold, in the child being living we spake to him and he heard not to our voice, and how shall we say to him the child died, and do evil?
And three of the thirty heads will go down and come to the harvest, to David, to the cave of Adullam: and the wild beasts, the rovers, encamped in the valley of Rephaim. And David then in the fortress, and the station of the rovers then in the House of Bread. And David will desire and say, Who will give me to drink waters from the well of the House of Bread, which is in the gate?read more.
And the three mighty will break forth through the camp of the rovers, and draw waters from the well of the House of Bread, which is in the gate, and they will lift up and bring to David: and he would not drink them, and he will pour them out to Jehovah. And he will say, Far be it to me, O Jehovah, my doing this the blood. of the men going with their souls: and he would not drink them. These did the three mighty.
And his servants will come near and speak to him, and say, My father, spake the prophet a great word to thee, wilt thou not do? and much more he said to thee, Wash and be cleansed,
For I also am a man under power, having soldiers under me: and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does.
