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Ge 24:14 American Standard And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink. And she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. Let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. And thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
  King James And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
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(Jdg 6:17); (Jdg 6:37); (Kg2 20:9); (Pro 16:33); (Act 1:26). Cf: (Mat 12:39). Signs are given to faith, not to doubt.
 
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39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:
26 And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
33 The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.
9 And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?
37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken.
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.