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My lordאֲדֹנִיmade me swear,וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִיsaying,לֵאמֹר‘You shall not takeלֹא תִקַּחa wifeאִשָּׁהfor my sonלִבְנִיfrom the daughtersמִבְּנוֹתof the Canaanites,הַכְּנַעֲנִיin whose landאֲשֶׁר בְּאַרְצוֹIאָנֹכִיlive;יֹשֵׁב
Genesis 24:37
Study it in the app“My lord made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:37, word by word
- My lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- made me swearיַּשְׁבִּעֵyashbie
put under oath
To make someone swear.
Where else “yashbie” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘You shall not takeתִקַּחtikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “tikach” appears- a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- for my sonבְנִveni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appears- from the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- in whose landאַרְצarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- liveיֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears
The context
36Sarah, my lord’s wife, bore a son to my lord after she had grown old, and he has given him all that he has.
37 · This verse (above)
38but to the house of my father you will go, and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’
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?