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Abrahamוְאַבְרָהָםwas old,זָקֵןadvancedבָּאin days,בַּיָּמִיםand YHWHוַיהוָהhad blessedבֵּרַךְAbrahamאֶת אַבְרָהָםin everything.בַּכֹּל
Genesis 24:1
Study it in the app“Abraham was old, advanced in days, and YHWH had blessed Abraham in everything.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:1, word by word
- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- was oldזָקֵןzaken
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appears- advancedבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- in daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- had blessedבֵּרַךְberach
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “berach” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who ruled over all that he had, “Put, please, your hand under my thigh,
To study Genesis 24 in a group
1. What it says
What did Abraham’s servant ask of YHWH by the well, and what did Rebekah do (vv. 12-20)?
2. What it means
What does it show about the servant’s prayer that he asks YHWH for guidance in his task (vv. 12-14, 26-27)?
3. How I live it
In what pending decision can you ask Elohim for guidance and pay attention to what happens?