Genesis 24:46

46 "She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, '¹Drink, and I will water your camels also '; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

Genesis 24:46 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:46

And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her
[shoulder] (See Gill on Genesis 24:18). And said, drink, and I will give thy camels drink also.
(See Gill on Genesis 24:19). so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
(See Gill on Genesis 24:20).

Genesis 24:46 In-Context

44 and she will say to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also "; let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

45 "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

46 "She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also '; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

47 "Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.

48 "And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD , and blessed the LORD , the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 24:18, 19