Genesis 24:17
“And the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let mee (I pray thee) drinke a little water of thy pitcher.”
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Genesis 24:17 Context
15¶ And it came to passe before hee had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was borne to Bethuel, sonne of Milcah, the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, with her pitcher vpon her shoulder. 16And the damsell was very faire to looke vpon, a virgine, neither had any man knowen her; and shee went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp. 17And the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let mee (I pray thee) drinke a little water of thy pitcher. 18And she said, Drinke, my lord: and she hasted, and let downe her pitcher vpon her hand, and gaue him drinke. 19And when shee had done giuing him drinke, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, vntill they haue done drinking.
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And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
- King James Version
Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar."
- New American Standard Version (1995)