< 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
Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.
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
And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
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 take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
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 that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there 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
And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again 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]
And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
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 God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
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 will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; 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
And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.
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
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
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
And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get 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
And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy 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
See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get 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 the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.
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
And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.
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
She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.
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
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
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
And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she 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
And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.
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 after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.
21 and [the] man to gaze to/for her be quiet to/for to know to prosper LORD way: journey his if not
And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.
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 when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;
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
And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?
24 and to say to(wards) him daughter Bethuel I son: child Milcah which to beget to/for Nahor
And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.
25 and to say to(wards) him also straw also fodder many with us also place to/for to lodge
And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.
26 and to bow [the] man and to bow to/for LORD
And with bent head the man gave worship to 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
And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
28 and to run: run [the] maiden and to tell to/for house: household mother her like/as word: thing [the] these
So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house
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 came out quickly to the man at the water-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
And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-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
And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, 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
Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.
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
And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.
34 and to say servant/slave Abraham I
And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
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 given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.
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
And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.
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
And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
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 go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
39 and to say to(wards) lord my perhaps not to go: follow [the] woman after me
And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come 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 said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and 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 you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your 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
And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,
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
Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
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
Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord 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 even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, 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
And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your 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
And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.
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
And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter 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
And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.
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
Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.
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
See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.
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
And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to 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 took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.
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 who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back 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 her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then 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
And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.
57 and to say to call: call to to/for maiden and to ask [obj] lip her
And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.
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
And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.
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 and her servant with 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 gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
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
So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
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 come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
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
And when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw camels coming.
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, looking up, 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 said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.
66 and to recount [the] servant/slave to/for Isaac [obj] all [the] word: thing which to make: do
Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all 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 took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.