Genesis 24:14 meaning and explanation

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 24:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Abraham's chief servant stands at a well in Aram-naharaim, sent to find a wife for Isaac from Abraham's own kin. In verse 14 he proposes a sign to God: the woman who not only gives him a drink but volunteers to water his camels will be the one appointed for Isaac.

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