Genesis 24:17
King James Version (KJV)
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
In context
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16 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.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Genesis 24:17 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
- WEB World English Bible
- The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water from thy pitcher.