And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Parallel translations
- WEB The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”
- BSB So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
- NKJV And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.”
- NASB Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”
- NLT Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”
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Quick answer
The servant runs to meet Rebekah and asks for a little water. He initiates the very test he had prayed about.
Overview
The servant promptly approaches Rebekah with a simple request for a drink. His action sets in motion the confirmation of God's guidance. The unfolding scene shows divine providence working through ordinary courtesy at a well.
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Cross-references · 9
- John 4:7There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
- Gen 26:1–35And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
- Isa 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- 1 Kgs 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- Isa 41:17–18When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
- Isa 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
- Isa 30:25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- John 4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
- Isa 35:6–7Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
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