Genesis 24:11
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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?

Lexicon
As evening approached,
עֶ֔רֶב (‘e·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening

he made the camels
הַגְּמַלִּ֛ים (hag·gə·mal·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1581: A camel

kneel down
וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ (way·yaḇ·rêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

near
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the well
בְּאֵ֣ר (bə·’êr)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 875: A pit, a well

outside
מִח֥וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

the town,
לָעִ֖יר (lā·‘îr)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

at the time
לְעֵ֖ת (lə·‘êṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when

when the women went out
צֵ֥את (ṣêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to draw water.
הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃ (haš·šō·’ă·ḇōṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7579: To bale up water


Additional Translations
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town, at the time when the women went out to draw water.And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

And he rested his camels without the city by the well of water towards evening, when damsels go forth to draw water.

And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, when the women came out to draw [water].

And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, the time when women go out to draw water:

He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

and he causeth the camels to kneel at the outside of the city, at the well of water, at even-time, at the time of the coming out of the women who draw water.
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