Study it in the app“look, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it be that the young woman who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar,””
look,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam standingנִצָּבbyעַלthe springעֵיןof water.הַמָּיִםLet it be thatוְהָיָהthe young womanהָעַלְמָהwho comes outהַיֹּצֵאתto draw,לִשְׁאֹבand to whom I say,וְאָמַרְתִּי אֵלֶיהָ“Pleaseנָאlet me drinkהַשְׁקִינִיa littleמְעַטwaterמַיִםfrom your jar,”מִכַּדֵּךְ
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsav” appearsspring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “en” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsyoung woman
Young woman of marriageable age.
Where else “alma” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotset” appearsdraw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “sheov” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appearsgive drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “hashki” appearsfew
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appearsjar
Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.
Where else “kade” appears42I 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,
43 · This verse (above)
44and who says to me, “Drink, you too, and I will also draw water for your camels,” she is the woman whom YHWH has appointed for the son of my lord.’
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?
