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1 | capacity of water pitcher gen. 24:15 | Gen 24:15 | CfloydII | 144872 | ||
What was the size of the water pitcher Rebekah carried? In other words, how much water did it hold? | ||||||
2 | capacity of water pitcher gen. 24:15 | Gen 24:15 | Mommapbs | 144899 | ||
Greetings. Th Bible does not tell us the capacity of the jar, only that it was used to hold water. In this particular verse, the jar was empty. I suspect there is much more to consider here than at first reading though. An empty jar, a full jar; a request for a drink - the revelation of a promised bride . . . reminds me of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman. Blessings, mommapbs |
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3 | How much water would a jar hold? | Gen 24:15 | CfloydII | 144986 | ||
I am not satisfied with this answer. I need to get an idea of how much water the "jar" held in order to get an idea of how many times the jar jad to be filled in order to water 10 camels that drak anywhere from 5-30 gallons of water EACH. Can someone help me? (Thanks mommapbs, but I need more factual data. :) | ||||||
4 | How much water would a jar hold? | Gen 24:15 | Hank | 144996 | ||
Cfloyd ::: OK, if you insist on more data, here are some: A gallon of water weighs 8.345404 pounds. Let's say that the 10 camels were moderately thirsty and that each of them drank 20 gallons of water. Unless Rebekah worked out religiously on weight-lifting equipment at Gold's Gym, chances are that about 50 pounds would be about all she could manage at a time. Five gallons of water weigh 41.72702 pounds, and combined with the weight of the water jar gives a gross laden weight approachig 50 pounds. So if Rebekah could draw and carry 5 gallons of water per trip to the spring, and if she gave the 10 camels 20 gallons of water apiece, for a total of 200 gallons, she would have been able to slake the thirst of all 10 camels in 40 trips to the spring. This does not take into account the amount of water that Rebekah gave to Abraham's servant to drink, but it is assumed that he did not drink quite as much as the camels! --Hank | ||||||
5 | How much water would a jar hold? | Gen 24:15 | CfloydII | 145007 | ||
Hank, thank you. While studying this passage, The Lord impressed on me to dig deeper into the character of Rebekah. She was a wonderful woman to make 40 trips back and forth. This will help the sermon I'm wring. Thank you. | ||||||
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