Study it in the app“Before 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.’”
BeforeטֶרֶםIאֲנִיhad finishedאֲכַלֶּהspeakingלְדַבֵּרin my heart,אֶל לִבִּיlook,וְהִנֵּהRebekahרִבְקָהcame outיֹצֵאתwith her jarוְכַדָּהּonעַלher shoulder,שִׁכְמָהּand she went downוַתֵּרֶדto the springהָעַיְנָהand drew.וַתִּשְׁאָבI saidוָאֹמַרto her,אֵלֶיהָ‘Pleaseנָאlet me drink.’הַשְׁקִינִי
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “achale” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearsRebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotset” appearsjar
Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.
Where else “chada” appearsshoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichma” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appearsspring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “ayna” appearsdraw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “tishav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appearsgive drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “hashki” appears44and 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.’
45 · This verse (above)
46She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels.’ So I drank, and she watered the camels too.
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?
