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Rebekahרִבְקָהand her girlsוְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָroseוַתָּקָםand rodeוַתִּרְכַּבְנָהon the camelsעַל הַגְּמַלִּיםand followedוַתֵּלַכְנָהthe man.אַחֲרֵי הָאִישׁSo the servantוַ הָעֶבֶדtookיִּקַּחRebekahאֶת רִבְקָהand went.וַיֵּלַךְ
Genesis 24:61
Study it in the app“Rebekah and her girls rose and rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:61, word by word
- Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- and her girlsנַעֲרֹתֶיnaarote
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naarote” appears- roseתָּקָםtakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appears- and rodeתִּרְכַּבְנָהtirkavna
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “tirkavna” appears- on the camelsגְּמַלִּיםgemalim
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appears- and followedתֵּלַכְנָהtelachna
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “telachna” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- So the servantעֶבֶדeved
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears
The context
60They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate it.”
61 · This verse (above)
62Isaac had come back from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the land of the Negev.
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?