Eliezer Kneels the Camels at the Well at Evening

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 107:2

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"And he made the camels kneel" (Genesis 24:11) - he made them lie down. "At evening time, at the time when the women who draw water come out." Rav Huna said: when a person goes to take a wife and hears the sound of dogs barking, let him listen carefully to what they are saying - "at evening time, at the time when the women who draw water come out."

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