Study it in the app“She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “He is my lord.” So she took the veil and covered herself.”
Isaac and Rebekah see each other for the first time at duskDating and Marriage
She saidוַתֹּאמֶרto the servant,אֶל הָעֶבֶד“Whoמִיis thatהַלָּזֶהmanהָאִישׁwalkingהַהֹלֵךְin the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהto meet us?”לִקְרָאתֵנוּThe servantהָעֶבֶדsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Heהוּאis my lord.”אֲדֹנִיSo she tookוַתִּקַּחthe veilהַצָּעִיףand covered herself.וַתִּתְכָּס
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appearsthis one here
This one here, that one there: points to someone or something present.
Where else “halaze” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerate” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appearsveil
Veil, a mantle to cover oneself.
Where else “tsaif” appearscover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “titkas” appears64Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she got down from the camel.
65 · This verse (above)
66The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
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?
