Study it in the app“Let it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please lower your jar so that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels,’ she is the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown loyal love to my lord.””
Let it be thatוְהָיָהthe girlהַנַּעֲרָto whomאֲשֶׁר אֵלֶיהָI say,אֹמַר‘Pleaseנָאlowerהַטִּיyour jarכַדֵּךְso that I may drink,’וְאֶשְׁתֶּהand she says,וְאָמְרָה‘Drink,שְׁתֵהand I will alsoוְגַםwaterאַשְׁקֶהyour camels,’גְּמַלֶּיךָsheאֹתָהּis the one you have appointedהֹכַחְתָּfor your servantלְעַבְדְּךָIsaac.לְיִצְחָקBy thisוּבָהּI will knowאֵדַעthatכִּיyou have shownעָשִׂיתָloyal loveחֶסֶדto my lord.”עִם אֲדֹנִי
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsgirl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appearsturn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “hati” appearsjar
Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.
Where else “chade” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “eshte” appearsgive drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “ashke” appearscamel
Camel.
Where else “gemale” appearsdecide
To judge a matter and decide who is right.
Where else “hochachta” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avd” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsloyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears13Look, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 · This verse (above)
15It happened, before he had finished speaking, that, look, Rebekah was coming out, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her jar on her shoulder.
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?
