Genesis 24
1 and Abraham be old to come (in): advanced in/on/with day: year and LORD to bless [obj] Abraham in/on/with all
By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
2 and to say Abraham to(wards) servant/slave his old house: household his [the] to rule in/on/with all which to/for him to set: put please hand: swear your underneath: swear thigh my
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
3 and to swear you in/on/with LORD God [the] heaven and God [the] land: country/planet which not to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my from daughter [the] Canaanite which I to dwell in/on/with entrails: among his
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
4 for to(wards) land: country/planet my and to(wards) relatives my to go: went and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my to/for Isaac
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 and to say to(wards) him [the] servant/slave perhaps not be willing [the] woman to/for to go: follow after me to(wards) [the] land: country/planet [the] this to return: return to return: return [obj] son: child your to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to come out: come from there
The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6 and to say to(wards) him Abraham to keep: careful to/for you lest to return: return [obj] son: child my there [to]
Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
7 LORD God [the] heaven which to take: take me from house: household father my and from land: country/planet relatives my and which to speak: speak to/for me and which to swear to/for me to/for to say to/for seed: children your to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this he/she/it to send: depart messenger: angel his to/for face: before your and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my from there
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
8 and if not be willing [the] woman to/for to go: follow after you and to clear from oath my this except [obj] son: child my not to return: return there [to]
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
9 and to set: put [the] servant/slave [obj] hand: swear his underneath: swear thigh Abraham lord his and to swear to/for him upon [the] word: thing [the] this
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
10 and to take: take [the] servant/slave ten camel from camel lord his and to go: went and all goodness lord his in/on/with hand: to his and to arise: rise and to go: went to(wards) Mesopotamia Mesopotamia to(wards) city Nahor
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
11 and to bless [the] camel from outside to/for city to(wards) well [the] water to/for time evening to/for time to come out: come [the] to draw
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
12 and to say LORD God lord my Abraham to meet please to/for face of my [the] day and to make: do kindness with lord my Abraham
“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
13 behold I to stand upon spring [the] water and daughter human [the] city to come out: come to/for to draw water
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
14 and to be [the] maiden which to say to(wards) her to stretch please jar your and to drink and to say to drink and also camel your to water: watering [obj] her to rebuke to/for servant/slave your to/for Isaac and in/on/with her to know for to make: do kindness with lord my
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
15 and to be he/she/it before to end: finish to/for to speak: speak and behold Rebekah to come out: come which to beget to/for Bethuel son: child Milcah woman: wife Nahor brother: male-sibling Abraham and jar her upon shoulder her
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
16 and [the] maiden pleasant appearance much virgin and man not to know her and to go down [the] spring [to] and to fill jar her and to ascend: rise
Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
17 and to run: run [the] servant/slave to/for to encounter: meet her and to say to swallow me please little water from jar your
So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
18 and to say to drink lord my and to hasten and to go down jar her upon hand her and to water: drink him
“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
19 and to end: finish to/for to water: drink him and to say also to/for camel your to draw till if: until to end: finish to/for to drink
After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
20 and to hasten and to uncover jar her to(wards) [the] trough and to run: run still to(wards) [the] well to/for to draw and to draw to/for all camel his
And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
21 and [the] man to gaze to/for her be quiet to/for to know to prosper LORD way: journey his if not
Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
22 and to be like/as as which to end: finish [the] camel to/for to drink and to take: take [the] man ring gold bekah weight his and two bracelet upon hand: swear her ten gold weight their
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
23 and to say daughter who? you(f. s.) to tell please to/for me there house: home father your place to/for us to/for to lodge
“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
24 and to say to(wards) him daughter Bethuel I son: child Milcah which to beget to/for Nahor
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
25 and to say to(wards) him also straw also fodder many with us also place to/for to lodge
Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
26 and to bow [the] man and to bow to/for LORD
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
27 and to say to bless LORD God lord my Abraham which not to leave: forsake kindness his and truth: faithful his from from with lord my I in/on/with way: journey to lead me LORD house: home brother: male-relative lord my
saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
28 and to run: run [the] maiden and to tell to/for house: household mother her like/as word: thing [the] these
The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
29 and to/for Rebekah brother: male-sibling and name his Laban and to run: run Laban to(wards) [the] man [the] outside [to] to(wards) [the] spring
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
30 and to be like/as to see: see [obj] [the] ring and [obj] [the] bracelet upon hand sister his and like/as to hear: hear he [obj] word Rebekah sister his to/for to say thus to speak: speak to(wards) me [the] man and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] man and behold to stand: stand upon [the] camel upon [the] spring
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
31 and to say to come (in): come to bless LORD to/for what? to stand: stand in/on/with outside and I to turn [the] house: home and place to/for camel
“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
32 and to come (in): come [the] man [the] house: home [to] and to open [the] camel and to give: give straw and fodder to/for camel and water to/for to wash: wash foot his and foot [the] human which with him
So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
33 (and to set: put *Q(K)*) to/for face: before his to/for to eat and to say not to eat till if: surely no to speak: speak word: speaking my and to say to speak: speak
Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
34 and to say servant/slave Abraham I
“I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.
35 and LORD to bless [obj] lord my much and to magnify and to give: give to/for him flock and cattle and silver: money and gold and servant/slave and maidservant and camel and donkey
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
36 and to beget Sarah woman: wife lord my son: child to/for lord my after old age her and to give: give to/for him [obj] all which to/for him
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37 and to swear me lord my to/for to say not (to take: take *LA(bh)*) woman: wife to/for son: child my from daughter [the] Canaanite which I to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet his
My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
38 if: surely yes not to(wards) house: household father my to go: went and to(wards) family my and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
39 and to say to(wards) lord my perhaps not to go: follow [the] woman after me
Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
40 and to say to(wards) me LORD which to go: walk to/for face: before his to send: depart messenger: angel his with you and to prosper way: journey your and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my from family my and from house: household father my
And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
41 then to clear from oath my for to come (in): come to(wards) family my and if not to give: give to/for you and to be innocent from oath my
And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
42 and to come (in): come [the] day to(wards) [the] spring and to say LORD God lord my Abraham if there you please to prosper way: journey my which I to go: went upon her
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
43 behold I to stand upon spring [the] water and to be [the] maiden [the] to come out: come to/for to draw and to say to(wards) her to water: drink me please little water from jar your
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
44 and to say to(wards) me also you(m. s.) to drink and also to/for camel your to draw he/she/it [the] woman which to rebuke LORD to/for son: child lord my
and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
45 I before to end: finish to/for to speak: speak to(wards) heart my and behold Rebekah to come out: come and jar her upon shoulder her and to go down [the] spring [to] and to draw and to say to(wards) her to water: drink me please
And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
46 and to hasten and to go down jar her from upon her and to say to drink and also camel your to water: watering and to drink and also [the] camel to water: watering
She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
47 and to ask [obj] her and to say daughter who? you(f. s.) and to say daughter Bethuel son: child Nahor which to beget to/for him Milcah and to set: put [the] ring upon face: nose her and [the] bracelet upon hand her
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
48 and to bow and to bow to/for LORD and to bless [obj] LORD God lord my Abraham which to lead me in/on/with way: journey truth: true to/for to take: take [obj] daughter brother: male-relative lord my to/for son: child his
Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
49 and now if there you to make: do kindness and truth: faithful with lord my to tell to/for me and if not to tell to/for me and to turn upon right or upon left
Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
50 and to answer Laban and Bethuel and to say from LORD to come out: come [the] word: thing not be able to speak: speak to(wards) you bad: harmful or pleasant
Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
51 behold Rebekah to/for face: before your to take: take and to go: went and to be woman: wife to/for son: child lord your like/as as which to speak: speak LORD
Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
52 and to be like/as as which to hear: hear servant/slave Abraham [obj] word their and to bow land: soil [to] to/for LORD
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
53 and to come out: send [the] servant/slave article/utensil silver: money and article/utensil gold and garment and to give: give to/for Rebekah and precious thing to give: give to/for brother: male-sibling her and to/for mother her
Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
54 and to eat and to drink he/she/it and [the] human which with him and to lodge and to arise: rise in/on/with morning and to say to send: depart me to/for lord my
Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
55 and to say brother: male-sibling her and mother her to dwell [the] maiden with us day or ten (after *L(S)*) to go: went
But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
56 and to say to(wards) them not to delay [obj] me and LORD to prosper way: journey my to send: depart me and to go: went to/for lord my
But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
57 and to say to call: call to to/for maiden and to ask [obj] lip her
So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
58 and to call: call to to/for Rebekah and to say to(wards) her to go: went with [the] man [the] this and to say to go: went
They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
59 and to send: depart [obj] Rebekah sister their and [obj] to suckle her and [obj] servant/slave Abraham and [obj] human his
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
60 and to bless [obj] Rebekah and to say to/for her sister our you(f. s.) to be to/for thousand myriad and to possess: take seed: children your [obj] gate to hate him
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
61 and to arise: rise Rebekah and maiden her and to ride upon [the] camel and to go: follow after [the] man and to take: take [the] servant/slave [obj] Rebekah and to go: journey
Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
62 and Isaac to come (in): come from to come (in): come Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] Negeb
Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
63 and to come out: come Isaac to/for to meditate in/on/with land: country to/for to turn evening and to lift: look eye his and to see: see and behold camel to come (in): come
Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
64 and to lift: look Rebekah [obj] eye her and to see: see [obj] Isaac and to fall: fall from upon [the] camel
And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
65 and to say to(wards) [the] servant/slave who? [the] man this [the] to go: walk in/on/with land: country to/for to encounter: meet us and to say [the] servant/slave he/she/it lord my and to take: take [the] shawl and to cover
and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
66 and to recount [the] servant/slave to/for Isaac [obj] all [the] word: thing which to make: do
Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
67 and to come (in): bring her Isaac [the] tent [to] Sarah mother his and to take: marry [obj] Rebekah and to be to/for him to/for woman: wife and to love: lover her and to be sorry: comfort Isaac after mother his
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
