Study it in the app“The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come after me to this land. Must I then take back your son to the land from which you came?””
The servantהָעֶבֶדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Perhapsאוּלַיthe womanהָאִשָּׁהwill not be willingלֹא תֹאבֶהto comeלָלֶכֶתafter meאַחֲרַיto thisהַזֹּאתland.אֶל הָאָרֶץMust I then take backהֶהָשֵׁב אָשִׁיבyour sonאֶת בִּנְךָto the landאֶל הָאָרֶץfrom whichאֲשֶׁר מִשָּׁםyou came?”יָצָאתָ
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsperhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsbe willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “tove” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lechet” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashev” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsata” appears4but to my land and to my kindred you will go and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Abraham said to him, “Take care that you do not take back my son there.
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?
