Motif
bride identified by water-giving test
bride_identified_by_water_giving_test
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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jewish christian
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Genesis Footnotes / Chapter 23 / Footnotes / Chapter 24; lines 1469-1517 confidence: high
The servant recounts standing by the spring, asking for a maiden who will give him water and draw for his camels, and Rebekah arriving with her pitcher and doing so.
The servant's proposed sign is that the appointed maiden will give him water and also draw for his camels; Rebekah performs exactly this action.
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