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and who saysוְאָמְרָהto me,אֵלַי“Drink,שְׁתֵהyou too,גַּם אַתָּהand I will alsoוְגַםdraw waterאֶשְׁאָבfor your camels,”לִגְמַלֶּיךָsheהִואis the womanהָאִשָּׁהwhomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas appointedהֹכִיחַfor the sonלְבֶןof my lord.’אֲדֹנִי
Genesis 24:44
Study it in the app“and 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:44, word by word
- and who saysאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- “Drinkשְׁתֵהshete
drink
Drink.
Where else “shete” appears- draw waterאֶשְׁאָבeshav
draw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “eshav” appears- for your camelsגְמַלֶּיgemale
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemale” appears- is the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- has appointedהֹכִיחַhochiach
decide
To judge a matter and decide who is right.
Where else “hochiach” appears- for the sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of my lord.’אֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears
The context
43look, 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,”
44 · This verse (above)
45Before I had finished speaking in my heart, look, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’
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?