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Abrahamאַבְרָהָםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Take careהִשָּׁמֶר לְךָthat you do not take backפֶּן תָּשִׁיבmy sonאֶת בְּנִיthere.שָׁמָּה
Genesis 24:6
Study it in the app“Abraham said to him, “Take care that you do not take back my son there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:6, word by word
- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Take careהִשָּׁמֶרhishamer
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamer” appears- that you do not take backתָּשִׁיבtashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “tashiv” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears
The context
5The 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?”
6 · This verse (above)
7YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, who took me from the house of my father and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.
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?