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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 24, Verse 16

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And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
King James Version
And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
American Standard Version
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
New English Translation
Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever been physically intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.
World English Bible
The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
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And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
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And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
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And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
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And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw [water], and drew for all his camels.
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And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
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And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;
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And said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room [in] thy father's house for us to lodge in?
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And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
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She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
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And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.