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The manוְהָאִישׁwas gazingמִשְׁתָּאֵהat her,לָהּkeeping silent,מַחֲרִישׁto knowלָדַעַתwhetherהַYHWHיְהוָהhad made successfulהִצְלִיחַhis journeyדַּרְכּוֹor not.אִם לֹא
Genesis 24:21
Study it in the app“The man was gazing at her, keeping silent, to know whether YHWH had made successful his journey or not.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:21, word by word
- The manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- was gazingמִשְׁתָּאֵהmishtae
gaze
Gaze with attention and astonishment. It occurs only in Genesis 24:21.
Where else “mishtae” appears- keeping silentמַחֲרִישׁmacharish
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “macharish” appears- to knowדַעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- had made successfulהִצְלִיחַhitsliach
give success
To make something succeed.
Where else “hitsliach” appears- his journeyדַּרְכּdark
journey
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “dark” appears
The context
20She quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
21 · This verse (above)
22When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring of half a shekel in weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels of gold in weight,
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?