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Thenאָזyou will be freeתִּנָּקֶהfrom my imprecation,מֵאָלָתִיwhenכִּיyou comeתָבוֹאto my family;אֶל מִשְׁפַּחְתִּיand ifוְאִםthey do not give herלֹא יִתְּנוּto you,לָךְyou will beוְהָיִיתָfreeנָקִיfrom my imprecation.’מֵאָלָתִי
Genesis 24:41
Study it in the app“Then 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:41, word by word
- you will be freeתִּנָּקֶהtinake
be free
To find oneself free of the burden of a promise or a guilt.
Where else “tinake” appears- from my imprecationאָלָתִalati
oath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “alati” appears- you comeתָבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- to my familyמִשְׁפַּחְתִּmishpachti
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachti” appears- they do not give herיִתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- you will beהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- freeנָקִיnaki
exempt
To be exempt from a task or a duty.
Where else “naki” appears
The context
40He 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.
41 · This verse (above)
42I came today to the spring and said, ‘YHWH, the Elohim of my lord Abraham, if now you are making successful my journey on which I am going,
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?