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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
C'était une jeune fille très belle de figure; elle était vierge, et aucun homme ne l'avait connue. Elle descendit à la source, remplit sa cruche, et remonta.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
πεύσασα ἐξεκένωσε τὴν ὑδρίαν εἰς τὸ ποτιστήριον, καὶ δραμοῦσα ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ ὑδρεύσατο ταῖς καμήλοις“ (Gen. 24,16 — 20). τίς οὐκ ἂν θαυμάσειε τὴν περὶ πάντα ἀκρίβειαν τοῦ νομοθέτου; παρθένον εἶπε τὴν Ῥεβέκκαν, καὶ πάνυ καλὴν παρθένον, ὅτι ἀμιγὴς καὶ ἄδολος καὶ ἀμίαντος ἡ ἀρετῆς φύσ…
Philo Judaeus
De Fuga Et Inventione
περαύχου διανοῆται κατέρχεσθαι. λέγει γάρ· „καταβᾶσα δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν ἔπλησε τὴν ὑδρίαν, καὶ ἀνέβη“ (Gen. 24,16). ἥδ’ ἐστὶν ἡ θεία σοφία, ἐξ ἧς αἵ τε κατὰ μέρος ἐπιστῆμαι ποτίζονται καὶ ὅσαι ψυχαὶ φιλοθεάμονες ἔρωτι τοῦ ἀρίστου κατέσχηνται. ταύτῃ ὁ ἱερὸς λόγος τῇ πηγῇ προσφυέστατ…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
de micis edant, nec puero Abrahae tantum, sed et camelis potum tribuas de supereffluenti hydria tua (Gen. XXIV, 15-20) : quia tu vere puella es praeelecta et praeparata Altissimi Filio, qui est super omnia Deus benedictus in saecula. Amen. [Col. 0437] IN NATIVITATE B. V. MAR…
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