Gen 24:2-9 : 2 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.2",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֗ם אֶל־עַבְדּוֹ֙ זְקַ֣ן בֵּית֔וֹ הַמֹּשֵׁ֖ל בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ שִֽׂים־נָ֥א יָדְךָ֖ תַּ֥חַת יְרֵכִֽי׃",
"text": "*wayyōʾmer* *ʾaḇrāhām* *ʾel-ʿaḇdô* *zəqan* *bêṯô* *hammōšēl* *bəḵāl-ʾăšer-lô* *śîm-nāʾ* *yāḏḵā* *taḥaṯ* *yərēḵî*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾaḇrāhām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*ʿaḇdô*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servant",
"*zəqan*": "adjective construct - elder of",
"*bêṯô*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house",
"*hammōšēl*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the one ruling",
"*bəḵāl-*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - over all",
"*ʾăšer-lô*": "relative pronoun + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - that was to him",
"*śîm-nāʾ*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - place please",
"*yāḏḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - under",
"*yərēḵî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my thigh"
},
"variants": {
"*zəqan* *bêṯô*": "eldest of his house/oldest servant of his household",
"*hammōšēl* *bəḵāl-ʾăšer-lô*": "who ruled over all that he had/who managed everything he owned",
"*taḥaṯ* *yərēḵî*": "under my thigh/beneath my loins (euphemism for oath-taking gesture)"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.3",
"source": "וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔ בּֽ͏ַיהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־תִקַּ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לִבְנִ֔י מִבְּנוֹת֙ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*wəʾašbîʿăḵā* *bayhwh* *ʾĕlōhê* *haššāmayim* *wēʾlōhê* *hāʾāreṣ* *ʾăšer* *lōʾ-tiqqaḥ* *ʾiššāh* *liḇnî* *mibbənôṯ* *hakkənaʿănî* *ʾăšer* *ʾānōḵî* *yôšēḇ* *bəqirbô*",
"grammar": {
"*wəʾašbîʿăḵā*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will make you swear",
"*bayhwh*": "preposition + proper noun - by YHWH",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - God of",
"*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine dual - the heavens",
"*wēʾlōhê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and God of",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that",
"*lōʾ-tiqqaḥ*": "negative particle + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall not take",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*liḇnî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - for my son",
"*mibbənôṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - from daughters of",
"*hakkənaʿănî*": "definite article + proper noun, masculine singular - the Canaanite",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - whom",
"*ʾānōḵî*": "personal pronoun, 1st singular - I",
"*yôšēḇ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling",
"*bəqirbô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his midst"
},
"variants": {
"*wəʾašbîʿăḵā*": "I will make you swear/I will put you under oath",
"*ʾĕlōhê* *haššāmayim* *wēʾlōhê* *hāʾāreṣ*": "God of heaven and God of earth/Creator of heaven and earth",
"*bəqirbô*": "in his midst/among them/in their territory"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.4",
"source": "כִּ֧י אֶל־אַרְצִ֛י וְאֶל־מוֹלַדְתִּ֖י תֵּלֵ֑ךְ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֖ה לִבְנִ֥י לְיִצְחָֽק׃",
"text": "*kî* *ʾel-ʾarṣî* *wəʾel-môlaḏtî* *tēlēḵ* *wəlāqaḥtā* *ʾiššāh* *liḇnî* *ləyiṣḥāq*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - but/rather",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*ʾarṣî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my land",
"*wəʾel-*": "conjunction + preposition - and to",
"*môlaḏtî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my kindred/birthplace",
"*tēlēḵ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall go",
"*wəlāqaḥtā*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall take",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*liḇnî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - for my son",
"*ləyiṣḥāq*": "preposition + proper noun, masculine singular - for Isaac"
},
"variants": {
"*môlaḏtî*": "my kindred/my relatives/my birthplace/my native country",
"*liḇnî* *ləyiṣḥāq*": "for my son, for Isaac/for my son Isaac (apposition)"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.5",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד אוּלַי֙ לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה לָלֶ֥כֶת אַחֲרַ֖י אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את הֶֽהָשֵׁ֤ב אָשִׁיב֙ אֶת־בִּנְךָ֔ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥אתָ מִשָּֽׁם׃",
"text": "*wayyōʾmer* *ʾēlāyw* *hāʿeḇeḏ* *ʾûlay* *lōʾ-ṯōʾḇeh* *hāʾiššāh* *lāleḵeṯ* *ʾaḥăray* *ʾel-hāʾāreṣ* *hazzōʾṯ* *hehāšēḇ* *ʾāšîḇ* *ʾeṯ-binḵā* *ʾel-hāʾāreṣ* *ʾăšer-yāṣāʾṯā* *miššām*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*hāʿeḇeḏ*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the servant",
"*ʾûlay*": "adverb - perhaps",
"*lōʾ-ṯōʾḇeh*": "negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will not consent",
"*hāʾiššāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the woman",
"*lāleḵeṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go",
"*ʾaḥăray*": "preposition with 1st singular suffix - after me",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land",
"*hazzōʾṯ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*hehāšēḇ*": "definite article + Hiphil infinitive absolute - returning",
"*ʾāšîḇ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - I should return",
"*ʾeṯ-*": "direct object marker",
"*binḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your son",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*ʾăšer-yāṣāʾṯā*": "relative particle + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - from which you came out",
"*miššām*": "preposition + adverb - from there"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾûlay* *lōʾ-ṯōʾḇeh*": "perhaps she will not be willing/what if she refuses",
"*hehāšēḇ* *ʾāšîḇ*": "should I indeed return/must I return (emphatic construction)"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.6",
"source": "וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אַבְרָהָ֑ם הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּן־תָּשִׁ֥יב אֶת־בְּנִ֖י שָֽׁמָּה׃",
"text": "*wayyōʾmer* *ʾēlāyw* *ʾaḇrāhām* *hiššāmer* *ləḵā* *pen-tāšîḇ* *ʾeṯ-bənî* *šāmmāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʾaḇrāhām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham",
"*hiššāmer*": "Niphal imperative, masculine singular - be careful/take heed",
"*ləḵā*": "preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to yourself",
"*pen-*": "conjunction - lest",
"*tāšîḇ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you return",
"*ʾeṯ-*": "direct object marker",
"*bənî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my son",
"*šāmmāh*": "adverb of direction - there/to there"
},
"variants": {
"*hiššāmer* *ləḵā*": "beware/take care/guard yourself",
"*pen-tāšîḇ*": "lest you return/that you do not return"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.7",
"source": "יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֨ר לְקָחַ֜נִי מִבֵּ֣ית אָבִי֮ וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתִּי֒ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּר־לִ֜י וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ אֶתֵּ֖ן אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את ה֗וּא יִשְׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכוֹ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֛ה לִבְנִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם׃",
"text": "*yhwh* *ʾĕlōhê* *haššāmayim* *ʾăšer* *ləqāḥanî* *mibêṯ* *ʾāḇî* *ûmēʾereṣ* *môlaḏtî* *waʾăšer* *dibber-lî* *waʾăšer* *nišbaʿ-lî* *lēʾmōr* *ləzarʿăḵā* *ʾettēn* *ʾeṯ-hāʾāreṣ* *hazzōʾṯ* *hûʾ* *yišlaḥ* *malʾāḵô* *ləp̄āneḵā* *wəlāqaḥtā* *ʾiššāh* *liḇnî* *miššām*",
"grammar": {
"*yhwh*": "proper noun - YHWH",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - God of",
"*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine dual - the heavens",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who",
"*ləqāḥanî*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - took me",
"*mibêṯ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from house of",
"*ʾāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my father",
"*ûmēʾereṣ*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and from land of",
"*môlaḏtî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my birth/kindred",
"*waʾăšer*": "conjunction + relative particle - and who",
"*dibber-lî*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition with 1st singular suffix - spoke to me",
"*waʾăšer*": "conjunction + relative particle - and who",
"*nišbaʿ-lî*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition with 1st singular suffix - swore to me",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*ləzarʿăḵā*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your seed",
"*ʾettēn*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will give",
"*ʾeṯ-*": "direct object marker",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land",
"*hazzōʾṯ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*hûʾ*": "personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he",
"*yišlaḥ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will send",
"*malʾāḵô*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his angel/messenger",
"*ləp̄āneḵā*": "preposition + noun, plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - before you",
"*wəlāqaḥtā*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall take",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*liḇnî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - for my son",
"*miššām*": "preposition + adverb - from there"
},
"variants": {
"*ləzarʿăḵā*": "to your seed/to your offspring/to your descendants",
"*malʾāḵô*": "his angel/his messenger",
"*ləp̄āneḵā*": "before you/ahead of you"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.8",
"source": "וְאִם־לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְנִקִּ֕יתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י זֹ֑את רַ֣ק אֶת־בְּנִ֔י לֹ֥א תָשֵׁ֖ב שָֽׁמָּה׃",
"text": "*wəʾim-lōʾ* *ṯōʾḇeh* *hāʾiššāh* *lāleḵeṯ* *ʾaḥăreḵā* *wəniqqîṯā* *miššəḇuʿāṯî* *zōʾṯ* *raq* *ʾeṯ-bənî* *lōʾ* *ṯāšēḇ* *šāmmāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wəʾim-lōʾ*": "conjunction + conditional particle + negative particle - and if not",
"*ṯōʾḇeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she is willing",
"*hāʾiššāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the woman",
"*lāleḵeṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go",
"*ʾaḥăreḵā*": "preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - after you",
"*wəniqqîṯā*": "conjunction + Niphal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - then you shall be free/clear",
"*miššəḇuʿāṯî*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - from my oath",
"*zōʾṯ*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*raq*": "adverb - only",
"*ʾeṯ-*": "direct object marker",
"*bənî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my son",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ṯāšēḇ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall return",
"*šāmmāh*": "adverb of direction - there/to there"
},
"variants": {
"*wəniqqîṯā* *miššəḇuʿāṯî*": "you will be free from my oath/you will be released from this oath",
"*raq*": "only/just/however"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.9",
"source": "וַיָּ֤שֶׂם הָעֶ֙בֶד֙ אֶת־יָד֔וֹ תַּ֛חַת יֶ֥רֶךְ אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֑יו וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע ל֔וֹ עַל־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*wayyāśem* *hāʿeḇeḏ* *ʾeṯ-yāḏô* *taḥaṯ* *yereḵ* *ʾaḇrāhām* *ʾăḏōnāyw* *wayyiššāḇaʿ* *lô* *ʿal-haddāḇār* *hazzeh*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāśem*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he placed",
"*hāʿeḇeḏ*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the servant",
"*ʾeṯ-*": "direct object marker",
"*yāḏô*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - under",
"*yereḵ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - thigh of",
"*ʾaḇrāhām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham",
"*ʾăḏōnāyw*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his master",
"*wayyiššāḇaʿ*": "Niphal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he swore",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʿal-*": "preposition - concerning",
"*haddāḇār*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the matter/thing",
"*hazzeh*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾaḇrāhām* *ʾăḏōnāyw*": "Abraham his master/his master Abraham (apposition)",
"*ʿal-haddāḇār* *hazzeh*": "concerning this matter/about this thing"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Genesis.24.10",
"source": "וַיִּקַּ֣ח הָ֠עֶבֶד עֲשָׂרָ֨ה גְמַלִּ֜ים מִגְּמַלֵּ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙ וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וְכָל־ט֥וּב אֲדֹנָ֖יו בְּיָד֑וֹ וַיָּ֗קָם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַ֥ם נֽ͏ַהֲרַ֖יִם אֶל־עִ֥יר נָחֽוֹר׃",
"text": "*wayyiqqaḥ* *hāʿeḇeḏ* *ʿăśārāh* *ḡəmallîm* *miggəmallê* *ʾăḏōnāyw* *wayyēleḵ* *wəḵāl-ṭûḇ* *ʾăḏōnāyw* *bəyāḏô* *wayyāqām* *wayyēleḵ* *ʾel-ʾăram* *naḥărayim* *ʾel-ʿîr* *nāḥôr*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*hāʿeḇeḏ*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the servant",
"*ʿăśārāh*": "cardinal number, masculine - ten",
"*ḡəmallîm*": "noun, masculine plural - camels",
"*miggəmallê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from camels of",
"*ʾăḏōnāyw*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his master",
"*wayyēleḵ*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he went",
"*wəḵāl-*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - with all",
"*ṭûḇ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - good things of",
"*ʾăḏōnāyw*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his master",
"*bəyāḏô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand",
"*wayyāqām*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he arose",
"*wayyēleḵ*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he went",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*ʾăram* *naḥărayim*": "proper noun, dual form - Aram of the two rivers (Mesopotamia)",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*ʿîr*": "noun, feminine singular construct - city of",
"*nāḥôr*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Nahor"
},
"variants": {
"*wəḵāl-ṭûḇ* *ʾăḏōnāyw* *bəyāḏô*": "with all good things of his master in his hand/carrying various valuable gifts from his master",
"*ʾăram* *naḥărayim*": "Aram of the two rivers/Mesopotamia",
"*ʿîr* *nāḥôr*": "city of Nahor/Nahor's city"
}
}