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She quicklyוַתְּמַהֵרloweredוַתּוֹרֶדher jarכַּדָּהּfrom her shoulderמֵעָלֶיהָand said,וַתֹּאמֶר‘Drink,שְׁתֵהand I will alsoוְגַםwaterאַשְׁקֶהyour camels.’גְּמַלֶּיךָSo I drank,וָאֵשְׁתְּand she wateredוְ הִשְׁקָתָהthe camelsהַגְּמַלִּיםtoo.גַם
Genesis 24:46
Study it in the app“She 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:46, word by word
- She quicklyתְּמַהֵרtemaher
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “temaher” appears- loweredתּוֹרֶדtored
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “tored” appears- her jarכַּדָּkada
jar
Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.
Where else “kada” appears- and saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- ‘Drinkשְׁתֵהshete
drink
Drink.
Where else “shete” appears- waterאַשְׁקֶהashke
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “ashke” appears- your camels.’גְּמַלֶּיgemale
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemale” appears
The context
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.’
46 · This verse (above)
47Then I asked her and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her hands.
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?