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OET (OET-LV) And_kneel_down the_camels from_outside to_the_city to the_well the_waters at_time of_evening toward_time go_out the_draw_water.
OET (OET-RV) Then on that first evening, he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well. It was the time that women come out to fetch water,
אֶל בְּאֵ֣ר הַמָּ֑יִם
to/towards well the=waters
Each town or city had a well where people from the city came to get their water. See how you translated well of water in Gen 21:19. You might need to translate this in a slightly different way here because of the different context. Alternate translation: “near its well” or “by the public well that was there”
לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב
at,time evening
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לְעֵ֖ת צֵ֥את הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת
toward,time go_out the,draw_water
In that time and culture, there was no running water in homes so people had to come out to the city well to get water for their families. Alternate translation: “the time when the young women of the city came out to draw water from the well for their families” or “when the young women of the city were starting to come out to the well to get water for their families”
24:1-67 Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah ensured that God’s plan would continue into the next generation. God showed covenant faithfulness by working through his faithful people (24:12, 27, 49).
OET (OET-LV) And_kneel_down the_camels from_outside to_the_city to the_well the_waters at_time of_evening toward_time go_out the_draw_water.
OET (OET-RV) Then on that first evening, he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well. It was the time that women come out to fetch water,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.