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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.
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The Wisdom of the Well
The servant's decision to wait at the city well in the evening was a wise and practical strategy. Commentators explain this was the specific time and place where women of the community would gather to draw water. His plan demonstrates how practical wisdom can work alongside faith in God's providence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”
29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”
In this circum…
19th Century
Anglican
He made his camels to kneel down. — Camels rest kneeling, but the servant did not unload them until he knew that God had …
Baptist
Now I think I may freely say that this looks something like what we call "a wild-goose chase." He was to go and find a wife for a young man left at…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he made his camels to kneel down. These creatures are used to kneel when they are loaded and unloaded, and also when …
Abraham's servant devoutly acknowledged God. We are permitted to be specific in entrusting our affairs to the care of Divine providence. He propose…
