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Now Rebekah hadוּלְרִבְקָהa brotherאָחwhose name wasוּשְׁמוֹLaban.לָבָןLabanלָבָןranוַיָּרָץoutהַחוּצָהtoאֶלthe man,הָאִישׁtoאֶלthe spring.הָעָיִן
Genesis 24:29
Study it in the app“Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:29, word by word
- Now Rebekah hadרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- a brotherאָחach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appears- whose name wasשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- ranיָּרָץyarats
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarats” appears- outחוּצָchutsa
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the springעָיִןayin
spring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “ayin” appears
The context
28The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
29 · This verse (above)
30When he saw the ring and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” he went to the man; and look, he was standing by the camels at 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?