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Gen 24:16 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

fair to look upon		Heb. good of countenance. Gen 26:7; Gen 39:6
known		Gen 4:1; Num 31:17,18; Sgs 5:2

Correlating Passages

fair to look upon

	Gen 26:7	And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.
	Gen 39:6	And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well favoured.

known

	Gen 4:1	And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
	Num 31:17	Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
	Num 31:18	But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
	Sgs 5:2	I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 24:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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