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The girlהַנַּעֲרָranוַתָּרָץand toldוַתַּגֵּדher mother’sאִמָּהּhouseholdלְבֵיתabout these things.כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
Genesis 24:28
Study it in the app“The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:28, word by word
- The girlנַּעֲרָnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- ranתָּרָץtarats
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “tarats” appears- and toldתַּגֵּדtaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “taged” appears- her mother’sאִמָּima
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ima” appears- householdבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- about these thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears
The context
27and said, “Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of my lord Abraham, who has not abandoned his loyal love and his faithfulness toward my lord. As for me, YHWH has led me on the way to the house of my lord’s brothers.”
28 · This verse (above)
29Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
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?