01 Gen-24 Yada Yada

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Genesis 24 Gen-24

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Making Connections

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Setting

Characters and People Groups

Named Characters: Abraham, Isaac, Abraham's chief servant (unnamed), Rebekah, Bethuel, Laban, Nahor, Milcah, Sarah.
People Groups: Canaanites.

Setting and Main Storyline

Setting: The narrative unfolds in Abraham's dwelling among the Canaanites, followed by a journey to a well outside the town of Nahor in Aram Naharaim, and concludes in the Negev where Isaac resides.
Main Storyline: Abraham instructs his chief servant to find a wife for Isaac from his relatives, not the local Canaanites. The servant travels to Nahor, prays for divine guidance at a well, and encounters Rebekah, who fulfills his sign request by providing water for him and his camels. He learns of her family ties to Abraham, explains his mission at her home, and secures her consent to marry Isaac with her family's blessing. Rebekah journeys back, meets Isaac, and they marry.

Where and When

When: During Abraham's old age, after Sarah's death (no specific date given).
Where:

Canaan (land of the Canaanites; modern-day southern Levant, including Israel and Palestine).
Aram Naharaim and town of Nahor (biblical Mesopotamia; modern-day southeastern Turkey/Harran region).
Negev (southern Canaan; modern-day southern Israel).
Beer Lahai Roi (a well in the Negev; modern-day near Lahav, southern Israel).

Outlined YLT

Abraham

24 And Abraham

[is] old,
he hath entered into days,
and Jehovah hath
- ^[1]blessed Abraham
  - in all [things];
and Abraham saith
- unto his servant,
  - the eldest of his house,
  - who is ruling over all that he hath,
  - `Put, I pray thee, ^[2]thy hand under my thigh,
  - and I cause thee to swear
    - by Jehovah,
      - God of the heavens,
      - and God of the earth,
    - that thou dost not take a wife
      - for my son //Isaac//
      - from the daughters
        
        of the Canaanite,
        
        in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
    - and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac
      - but unto my land
      - and unto my kindred
      - dost thou go,

The Servant

And the servant saith

unto him :{//Abraham//:(style="color:#d000d0ff"):}:, `
- It may be the woman is not willing to come after me
  - unto this land;
  - do I at all cause thy son :{//Isaac//:(style="color:#d000d0ff"):}:
    - to turn back unto the land
      - from whence thou camest out?'
    - And Abraham saith unto him,
      - `Take heed to thyself,
        
        lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;
        
        Jehovah,
        
        God of the heavens,
        
        who hath taken me
        
        from the house of my father,
        
        and from the land of my birth,
        
        and who hath spoken to me,
        
        and who hath sworn to me, saying,
        
        ^[3]^[4]To thy Seed
        
        I :{//God//:(style="color:#d000d0ff"):}: give this land,
        
        He doth send
        
        His messenger
        
        before thee,
        
        and thou hast taken a wife
        
        for my son from thence;
        
        and if the woman be not willing to come after thee,
        
        then thou hast been acquitted
        
        from this mine oath:
        
        only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'
And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh
- of Abraham
  - his lord,
- and sweareth to him concerning this matter.

City of Nahor

And the servant

taketh ten Ten) camels
- of the camels of his lord :{//Abraham//:(style="color:#d000d0ff"):}:
- and goeth,
also of all the goods
- of his lord
- in his hand,
and he riseth,
and goeth
- unto Aram-Naharaim,
- unto the City of Nahor;
and he causeth the camels
- to kneel
- at the outside of the city,
  - at the well of water,
    - at even-time,
    - at the time of the coming out of the women
      - who draw water.

And he saith,
- `Jehovah,
  - God of my lord
    - Abraham,
  - cause to meet,
    - I pray Thee,
    - before me this day
      - -- (and do kindness with my lord Abraham;
  - lo, I am standing
    - by the fountain of water,
      - and daughters
        
        of the men
        
        of the city
        
        are coming out to draw water;
  - and it hath been, the young person
    - unto whom I say,
      - Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink,
    - and she hath said,
      - Drink, and I water also thy camels)
    - -- her Thou hast decided
      - for Thy servant,
        
        for Isaac;
      - and by it I know that
        
        Thou hast done kindness
        
        with my lord.'

And it cometh to pass,

before he hath finished speaking,
that lo, Rebekah
- (who was born to Bethuel,
  - son of Milcah,
  - wife of Nahor,
  - brother of Abraham)
- is coming out,
- and her pitcher on her shoulder,
- and the young person [is]
- of very good appearance,
- a virgin,
  - and a man hath not known her;
- and she goeth down to the fountain,
  - and filleth her pitcher,
  - and cometh up
- And the servant
  - runneth to meet her,
  - and saith, `
    - Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;'
  - and she saith,
    - `Drink, my lord;'
      - and she hasteth,
      - and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand,
      - and giveth him drink.
      - And she finisheth giving him drink,
  - and saith,
    - `Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;'
      - and she hasteth,
      - and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough,
      - and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels.

And the man //the servant//,

wondering at her,
- remaineth silent,
  - to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not.
And it cometh to pass
- when the camels have finished drinking,
- that the man taketh
  - a golden ring
    - (whose weight \is] Bekah
  - and two bracelets for her hands
    - (whose weight \is] Ten Bekah in gold
- and saith,
  - `Whose daughter [art] thou?
    - declare to me, I pray thee,
    - is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?'
  - And she saith unto him,
    - `I [am] daughter of Bethuel,
      - son of Milcah,
        
        whom she hath borne to Nahor.'

She saith also

unto him,
- `Both straw and provender [are] abundant with us,
- also a place to lodge in.'
And the man
- boweth,
- and doth obeisance to Jehovah,

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Repeated Words

Abraham: 11 times
Servant: 11 times
Isaac: 8 times
Rebekah: 7 times
Son: 6 times
Father: 5 times
Kindred: 5 times
Land: 5 times
Wife: 5 times

Connections

Blessing Abraham has obeyed - blessed with old age. #Blessing ↩︎
Idiom Meaning: A solemn oath-taking gesture, signifying a binding commitment. ↩︎
Abrahamic Covenant: Yah will give this land to Abraham's offspring ↩︎
Seed Abraham's - part of the Abrahamic Covenant ↩︎