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Genesis 24:46 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink. "
Genesis 24:46
Verse in Context
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44 then she tells me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’
45 Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’
46 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink.
47 I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
48 I bowed my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.
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Genesis 24:1
"Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. The LORD had blessed Abraham in all things."
Genesis 24:2
"Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh."
Genesis 24:3
"I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live."
Genesis 24:4
"But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”"
Genesis 24:5
"The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”"
Genesis 24:6
"Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again."
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