Study it in the app“He said to me, ‘YHWH, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and make successful your journey, and you will take a wife for my son from my family and from the house of my father.”
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלָי‘YHWH,יְהוָהbefore whomאֲשֶׁר לְפָנָיוI have walked,הִתְהַלַּכְתִּיwill sendיִשְׁלַחhis angelמַלְאָכוֹwith youאִתָּךְand make successfulוְהִצְלִיחַyour journey,דַּרְכֶּךָand you will takeוְלָקַחְתָּa wifeאִשָּׁהfor my sonלִבְנִיfrom my familyמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּיand from the houseוּמִבֵּיתof my father.אָבִי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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 “yehva” appearspresence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “fanay” appearswalk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “hithalachti” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsangel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appearsprosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “hitsliach” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “darke” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lakachta” 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” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachti” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears39I said to my lord, ‘Perhaps the woman will not come after me.’
40 · This verse (above)
41Then you will be free from my imprecation, when you come to my family; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my imprecation.’
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?
