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Genesis 24:16

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The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

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Genesis 24:16 in other translations

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Genesis 24:16 · American Standard Version

Genesis 24:16 in context

  1. 14Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
  2. 15Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
  3. 16The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
  4. 17The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”
  5. 18She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.