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Her brotherאָחִיהָand her motherוְאִמָּהּsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let the girlהַנַּעֲרָstayתֵּשֵׁבwith usאִתָּנוּsome days,יָמִיםorאוֹten;עָשׂוֹרafter thatאַחַרshe will go.”תֵּלֵךְ
Genesis 24:55
Study it in the app“Her brother and her mother said, “Let the girl stay with us some days, or ten; after that she will go.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:55, word by word
- Her brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- and her motherאִמָּima
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ima” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Let the girlנַּעֲרָnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- stayתֵּשֵׁבteshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “teshev” appears- some daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- tenעָשׂוֹרasor
ten
The number ten, used to count the days of the month and everyday things.
Where else “asor” appears- she will goתֵּלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears
The context
54He and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they rose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my lord.”
55 · This verse (above)
56He said to them, “Do not delay me, since YHWH has made successful my journey. Send me away so that I may go to my lord.”
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?