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butכִּיto my landאֶל אַרְצִיand to my kindredוְאֶל מוֹלַדְתִּיyou will goתֵּלֵךְand takeוְלָקַחְתָּa wifeאִשָּׁהfor my sonלִבְנִיIsaac.”לְיִצְחָק
Genesis 24:4
Study it in the app“but to my land and to my kindred you will go and take a wife for my son Isaac.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:4, word by word
- to my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears- and to my kindredמוֹלַדְתִּmoladti
kindred
One's family and homeland.
Where else “moladti” 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 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 sonבְנִveni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appears- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears
The context
3and 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,
4 · This verse (above)
5The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come after me to this land. Must I then take back your son to the land from which you came?”
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?