Genesis 24:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now the young woman was very fair to look upon, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.

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  • Gen 26:7 : 7 And the men of the place asked him about his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, he said, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was beautiful to look upon.
  • Gen 39:6 : 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's care; and he did not concern himself with anything except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well-favored.
  • Num 31:17-18 : 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18 But all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
  • Gen 4:1 : 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

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  • Gen 24:10-15
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    87%

    10Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

    11And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

    12And he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray, give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

    13Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

    14Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

    15And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.

  • Gen 24:42-48
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    42And this day I came to the well and said, 'O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

    43behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

    44and she says to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

    45But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

    46And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.' So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also.

    47Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

    48And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

  • Gen 24:17-21
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    17And the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."

    18And she said, "Drink, my lord." Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand and gave him a drink.

    19And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."

    20Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

    21And the man, wondering at her, remained silent, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

  • Gen 24:28-32
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    79%

    28So the young woman ran and told her mother's household these things.

    29Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.

    30So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, "Thus the man spoke to me," that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well.

    31And he said, "Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

    32Then the man came to the house, and he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

  • Gen 24:61
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    61Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

  • Gen 24:64-66
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    64Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel;

    65for she had said to the servant, "Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant had said, "It is my master." Therefore she took a veil and covered herself.

    66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

  • Gen 24:23-24
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    23and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"

    24So she said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah's son, whom she bore to Nahor."

  • Gen 24:57-59
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    57So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally."

    58Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

    59So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.

  • Gen 24:51
    76%

    51Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."

  • Gen 24:53
    74%

    53Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

  • Gen 12:14
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    14And it came to pass, that, when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very beautiful.

  • Gen 21:19
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    19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water and gave the lad a drink.

  • Gen 29:10
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    10And when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

  • Gen 24:4-5
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    4But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

    5And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?"

  • Ruth 3:14
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    14And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before anyone could recognize another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

  • Deut 22:27
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    27For he found her in the field and the betrothed young woman cried out, and there was no one to save her.

  • 1 Kgs 1:4
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    4And the young woman was very beautiful, and she cared for the king and served him, but the king did not know her intimately.

  • Gen 16:7
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    7And the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

  • Gen 24:37
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    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

  • Gen 26:7
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    7And the men of the place asked him about his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, he said, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was beautiful to look upon.

  • Gen 24:8
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    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."