Study it in the app“and I will make you swear by YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens and the Elohim of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,”
and I will make you swearוְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָby YHWH,בַּיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand the Elohimוֵאלֹהֵיof the earth,הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרyou will not takeלֹא תִקַּחa wifeאִשָּׁהfor my sonלִבְנִיfrom the daughtersמִבְּנוֹתof the Canaanites,הַכְּנַעֲנִיamong whomאֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבּוֹIאָנֹכִיlive,יוֹשֵׁב
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “ashbia” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “tikach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appearsCanaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears2Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who ruled over all that he had, “Put, please, your hand under my thigh,
3 · This verse (above)
4but to my land and to my kindred you will go and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
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?
