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Genesis 24:11

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

KJV

Cumque camelos fecisset accumbere extra oppidum juxta puteum aquæ vespere, tempore quo solent mulieres egredi ad hauriendam aquam, dixit :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐκοίμησεν τὰς καμήλους ἔξω τῆς πόλεως παρὰ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὕδατος τὸ πρὸς ὀψέ, ἡνίκα ἐκπορεύονται αἱ ὑδρευόμεναι.

LXX

And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

ASV

וַ/יַּבְרֵ֧ךְ הַ/גְּמַלִּ֛ים מִ/ח֥וּץ לָ/עִ֖יר אֶל בְּאֵ֣ר הַ/מָּ֑יִם לְ/עֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב לְ/עֵ֖ת צֵ֥את הַ/שֹּׁאֲבֹֽת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
גְּמַלִּ֔ים
gmlym
noun · 53×
ה
h
noun · 164×
יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ
ysh'bv
verb · 19×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 9:11 — And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
  • 1Sam 9:11 — And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
  • Exod 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
  • Exod 2:16 — Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  • Exod 2:16 — Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  • Gen 29:2 — And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
  • John 4:7 — There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.