Parallel Verses
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."
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.
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
King James 2000
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray you, drink a little water of your pitcher.
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 Now the girl [was] very pleasing in appearance. [She was] a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her. And he said, "Please, let me drink a little of the water from your jar." 18 And she said, "Drink, my lord." And she quickly lowered her jar in her hand and gave him a drink.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 4:7
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me [water] to drink."
Genesis 26:1-35
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
1 Kings 17:10
So he arose and went to Zarephath and came to the gate of the city. There [was] a widow woman gathering wood, so he called to her, and he said, "Please bring a little water for me in a vessel so that I can drink."
Isaiah 21:14
{When you happen to meet} [the] thirsty, bring water. Inhabitants of the land of Tema came to meet [the] fugitive with his bread.
Isaiah 30:25
And there will be streams on every high mountain and elevated hill, watercourses of water, on a day of great slaughter, when towers fall.
Isaiah 35:6-7
Then [the] lame shall leap like the deer, and [the] tongue of [the] dumb shall sing for joy, for waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 41:17-18
The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 49:10
They shall not be hungry or thirsty, and heat and sun shall not strike them, for he who takes pity on them will lead them, and he will guide them to springs of water.
John 4:9
So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)