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Genesis 24:11
And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said:
Genesis 24:11 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 24:11 in other translations
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.
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
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In context
8 But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath: only bring not my son back thither again.
9 The servant, therefore, put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him upon his word.
10 And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.
11 And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said:
12 O Lord, the God of my master, Abraham, meet me today, I beseech thee, and shew kindness to my master, Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water:
14 Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac: and by this, I shall understand that thou hast shewn kindness to my master.
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