GEN1180 Although animals have priority when it comes to eating, human beings come first when it comes to drinking.  As the Sefer Chasidim (13th century) rules: “If both a man and an animal are thirsty, you should quench the man’s thirst before giving water to the animal, and so it says, [this verse and Genesis 24:46]. We also read that Moses was told [by God]: “Provide drink for the community and their beasts” Numbers 20:8; first the community and only then the beasts.   But when it comes to eating, animals take precedence … and so we read: “I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and [then] you shall eat your fill” Deuteronomy 11:15.   The Sefer Chasidim likewise notes that when Eliezer arrived at Rebecca’s home, his animals were given straw, and only then was food set before him Genesis 24:32; paragraph 531.   TELVOL 1:312