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and said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whoseמִיdaughterבַּתare you?אַתְּPleaseנָאtellהַגִּידִיme.לִיIs thereהֲיֵשׁroomמָקוֹםin your father’sאָבִיךְhouseבֵּיתfor usלָנוּto spend the night?”לָלִין
Genesis 24:23
Study it in the app“and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:23, word by word
- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- tellהַגִּידִיhagidi
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagidi” appears- roomמָקוֹםmakom
room
Free room to fit in, a spot with enough space.
Where else “makom” appears- in your father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- to spend the nightלִיןlin
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “lin” appears
The context
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,
23 · This verse (above)
24She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
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?