42"When I came to the spring today, I said, 'O Lord , God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.


In Context

39 "Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'

40 "He replied, 'The Lord , before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father's family.

41 Then, when you go to my clan, you will be released from my oath even if they refuse to give her to you-you will be released from my oath.'

42 "When I came to the spring today, I said, 'O Lord , God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.

43 See, I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar,"

44 and if she says to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels too," let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master's son.'

Genesis 24:42 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came to day to the well of water, and said: O Lord God of my master Abraham, if thou hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day to the well, and said, Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way on which I go,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day to the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou dost prosper my way which I go:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:42I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:42And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:42And I came this day to the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go: