# What does Genesis 24:11 mean?

> Genesis 24:11 in plain, modern English from the Modern Text Bible.

> He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well in the evening, when the women came out to draw water.
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> — Genesis 24:11, Modern Text Bible

## Commentary

He waits at the well at the time when local women would come to get water, hoping to meet the right person.