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19 When she had done so,[a] she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.” 20 She quickly emptied[b] her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels. 21 Silently the man watched her with interest to determine[c] if the Lord had made his journey successful[d] or not.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:19 tn Heb “when she had finished giving him a drink.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. Genesis 24:20 tn Heb “and she hurried and emptied.”
  3. Genesis 24:21 tn Heb “to know.”
  4. Genesis 24:21 tn The Hebrew term צָלָה (tsalah), meaning “to make successful” in the Hiphil verbal stem, is a key term in the story (see vv. 40, 42, 56).