Study it in the app“Then 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.”
Then I askedוָאֶשְׁאַלherאֹתָהּand said,וָאֹמַר‘Whoseמִיdaughterבַּתare you?’אַתְּShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר‘The daughterבַּתof Bethuel,בְּתוּאֵלthe sonבֶּןof Nahor,נָחוֹרwhomאֲשֶׁרMilcahמִלְכָּהboreיָלְדָהto him.’לּוֹSo I putוָאָשִׂםthe ringהַנֶּזֶםonעַלher noseאַפָּהּand the braceletsוְהַצְּמִידִיםonעַלher hands.יָדֶיהָ
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “eshal” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsBethuel
Bethuel, son of Nahor and father of Rebekah and Laban; also a place.
Where else “betuel” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsNahor
Nahor, the name of Abraham's grandfather and of one of his brothers; also the town where his brother's family lived.
Where else “nachor” appearsMilcah
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abram's brother; also a daughter of Zelophehad.
Where else “milka” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appearsring, earring
Ring worn in the nose or the ear as an ornament.
Where else “nezem” appearsnose
The nose, the part of the face we breathe through.
Where else “apa” appearsbracelet
A ring worn on the wrist.
Where else “tsemidim” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears46She 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.
47 · This verse (above)
48And I bowed my head and bowed down to YHWH, and I blessed YHWH, the Elohim of my lord Abraham, who had led me on a true way to take the daughter of my lord’s brother for his son.
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?
