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Genesis 24:17

Genesis chapter 24 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

Context

v.16And 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.

v.17This passage

v.18And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 17:10

    So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

  • Isaiah 35:6

    Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

  • Isaiah 49:10

    They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.

  • Isaiah 41:17

    The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

  • John 4:7

    There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

  • Genesis 26:1

    And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.