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Let it happen like this
"Let it happen this way" or "Make this happen"
When I say to a young woman, 'Please lower your pitcher so that I may drink,'
This is a quotation within a quotation. This can be expressed with an indirect quote. Alternate translation: "When I ask a young woman to let me have a drink of water from her jar" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
Please lower your pitcher
The women carried the pitchers on their shoulder. She would have to lower it to give the man a drink.
pitcher
a medium-size jar made of clay used for holding and pouring liquids
that you have shown covenant faithfulness to my master
The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be stated as "been faithful." Alternate translation: "that you have been faithful to the covenant you have with my master Abraham" or "you have been faithful to my master Abraham" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)