Gustave Doré1866

Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well

At the well outside the city, Abraham's servant Eliezer asks Rebekah for a drink, and she draws water for him and for all his camels, the sign he had prayed for (Genesis 24). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well by Gustave Doré depicting Genesis 24:15
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About Gustave Doré

1832-1883 · French

Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.