Genesis 24:11
Good News Translation
When he arrived, he made the camels kneel down at the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when women came out to get water.

New Revised Standard Version
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water; it was toward evening, the time when women go out to draw water.

Contemporary English Version
When he got there, he let the camels rest near the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when the women came out for water.

New American Bible
Near evening, at the time when women go out to draw water, he made the camels kneel by the well outside the city.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said:

kneel.

Genesis 33:13,14 And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die. . . .

Proverbs 12:10 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.

women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:13-20 Behold, I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water: . . .

Exodus 2:16 And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

1 Samuel 9:11 And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?

John 4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink.

Context
A Wife for Isaac
10And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor. 11And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said:12O Lord, the God of my master, Abraham, meet me today, I beseech thee, and shew kindness to my master, Abraham.…
Cross References
Genesis 24:42
And I came today to the well of water, and said: O Lord God of my master, Abraham, if thou hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk,

Genesis 29:2
And he saw a well in the field, and three flocks of sheep lying by it: for the beasts were watered out of it, and the mouth thereof was closed with a great stone.

Exodus 2:15
And Pharao heard of this word, and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well.

Exodus 2:16
And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

Judges 5:11
Where the chariots were dashed together, and the army of the enemies was choked, there let the justices of the Lord be rehearsed, and his clemency towards the brave men of Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the gates, and obtained the sovereignty.

1 Samuel 9:11
And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?

Genesis 24:10
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