And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Ver. 17. And the servant ran to meet her.] For although he was at the well before, praying, Gen 24:13 yet, having stood at a distance till she had done drawing, he now ran to meet her. Though marriages are made in heaven, and a good wife must be sought of God, adhibenda tamen sunt media ordinaria et ordinata, yet due means must be used, &c.