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They calledוַיִּקְרְאוּRebekahלְרִבְקָהand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Will you goהֲתֵלְכִיwith thisהַזֶּהman?”עִם הָאִישׁShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“I will go.”אֵלֵךְ
Genesis 24:58
Study it in the app“They called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:58, word by word
- They calledיִּקְרְאוּyikru
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikru” appears- Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Will you goתֵלְכִיtelchi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telchi” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears
The context
57They said, “Let us call the girl and ask her.”
58 · This verse (above)
59So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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?