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45 “Before I had finished praying in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please, let me have a drink.’ 46 And she quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels’; so I drank, and she also watered the camels. 47 Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I [a]put the ring in her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:47 This was a customary act of admiration and respect; otherwise, Rebekah would not have accepted it.

45 “Before I finished praying in my heart,(A) Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder.(B) She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’(C)

46 “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’(D) So I drank, and she watered the camels also.(E)

47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’(F)

“She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel(G) son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’(H)

“Then I put the ring in her nose(I) and the bracelets on her arms,(J)

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