Key Verse Spotlight
Genesis 24:18 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.β
Genesis 24:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And the damsel {was} very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. {very...: Heb. good of countenance}
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw {water} for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw {water}, and drew for all his camels.
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