Bible Strands
Genesis 24:19
After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Rebekah addresses Abraham’s servant immediately after he drinks from her jar at the well outside Nahor’s city. She shifts from a single act of courtesy to a prolonged commitment while he waits.
The words — The Hebrew אֶשְׁאָב ('esh'Av) means “I will draw,” coupled with עַד ('ad) for “until,” which the text uses to mark a continuous, unbroken action.
The thread — The text’s promise directly answers the sign Abraham’s servant requested in Genesis 24:14 and fulfills the prayer described in Genesis 24:45. The same textual pattern of ungrudging provision appears in 1 Peter 4:9.
Why it lands — The text records a specific, labor-intensive pledge to serve another’s needs without condition. A reader must account for the practical cost of hospitality and act accordingly.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Cross-references
- Genesis 24:14 Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
- Genesis 24:45 And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
- 1 Peter 4:9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining.