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butאִם לֹאto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof my fatherאָבִיyou will go,תֵּלֵךְand to my family,וְאֶל מִשְׁפַּחְתִּיand takeוְלָקַחְתָּa wifeאִשָּׁהfor my son.’לִבְנִי
Genesis 24:38
Study it in the app“but to the house of my father you will go, and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:38, word by word
- to the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- you will goתֵּלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- and to my familyמִשְׁפַּחְתִּmishpachti
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachti” appears- and takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lakachta” appears- a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- for my son.’בְנִveni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appears
The context
37My 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;
38 · This verse (above)
39I said to my lord, ‘Perhaps the woman will not come after me.’
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?