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Isaacוְיִצְחָקhad come backבָּא מִבּוֹאfrom Beer-lahai-roi,בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִיfor heוְהוּאwas livingיוֹשֵׁבin the landבְּאֶרֶץof the Negev.הַנֶּגֶב
Genesis 24:62
Study it in the app“Isaac had come back from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the land of the Negev.”
Isaac and Rebekah see each other for the first time at duskDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:62, word by word
- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- had come backבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- from Beer-lahai-roiבְּאֵרbeer
Beer-lahai-roi
Beer-lahai-roi, the name of a well in the wilderness. It means "well of the Living One who sees me".
Where else “beer” appears- was livingיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears
The context
61Rebekah and her girls rose and rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went.
62 · This verse (above)
63Isaac went out to meditate in the field as evening drew near; he lifted up his eyes and saw, and look, camels were coming.
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?