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Look,הִנֵּהRebekahרִבְקָהis before you;לְפָנֶיךָtake herקַחand go,וָלֵךְand let her beוּתְהִיthe wifeאִשָּׁהof your lord’sאֲדֹנֶיךָson,לְבֶןasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas spoken.”דִּבֶּר
Genesis 24:51
Study it in the app“Look, Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your lord’s son, as YHWH has spoken.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:51, word by word
- Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- is before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- take herקַחkach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kach” appears- and goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- and let her beתְהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- the wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- of your lord’sאֲדֹנֶיadone
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” 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 spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
50Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The matter has come from YHWH; we cannot speak to you bad or good.
51 · This verse (above)
52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground to YHWH.
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?