Apologetics Bible

Genesis 24:1

Hebrew

וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וֽ͏ַיהוָה בֵּרַךְ אֶת־אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּֽל׃

ve'averaham-zaqen-va'-vayamiym-vayhvah-verakhe-'et-'averaham-vakhol

KJV: And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

AKJV: And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

ASV: And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.

YLT: And Abraham is old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all things ;

Exposition: Genesis 24:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:2

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אֶל־עַבְדּוֹ זְקַן בֵּיתוֹ הַמֹּשֵׁל בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ שִֽׂים־נָא יָדְךָ תַּחַת יְרֵכִֽי׃

vayo'mer-'averaham-'el-'avedvo-zeqan-veytvo-hamoshel-vekhal-'asher-lvo-shiym-na'-yadekha-tachat-yerekhiy

KJV: And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

AKJV: And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh:

ASV: And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

YLT: and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, ‘Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

Exposition: Genesis 24:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:3

Hebrew

וְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ בּֽ͏ַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִבְּנוֹת הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

ve'asheviy'akha-vayhvah-'elohey-hashamayim-ve'lohey-ha'aretz-'asher-lo'-tiqach-'ishah-liveniy-mivenvot-hakhena'aniy-'asher-'anokhiy-yvoshev-veqirevvo

KJV: And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

AKJV: And I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

ASV: and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

YLT: 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 from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;

Exposition: Genesis 24:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:4

Hebrew

כִּי אֶל־אַרְצִי וְאֶל־מוֹלַדְתִּי תֵּלֵךְ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי לְיִצְחָֽק׃

khiy-'el-'aretziy-ve'el-mvoladetiy-telekhe-velaqacheta-'ishah-liveniy-leyitzechaq

KJV: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

AKJV: But you shall go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son Isaac.

ASV: but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

YLT: but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'

Exposition: Genesis 24:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:5

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָעֶבֶד אוּלַי לֹא־תֹאבֶה הָֽאִשָּׁה לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרַי אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הֶֽהָשֵׁב אָשִׁיב אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָאתָ מִשָּֽׁם׃

vayo'mer-'elayv-ha'eved-'vlay-lo'-to'veh-ha'ishah-lalekhet-'acharay-'el-ha'aretz-hazo't-hehashev-'ashiyv-'et-vinekha-'el-ha'aretz-'asher-yatza'ta-misham

KJV: And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

AKJV: And the servant said to him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I needs bring your son again to the land from where you came?

ASV: And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

YLT: And the servant saith unto him, ‘It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?’

Exposition: Genesis 24:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:6

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַבְרָהָם הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תָּשִׁיב אֶת־בְּנִי שָֽׁמָּה׃

vayo'mer-'elayv-'averaham-hishamer-lekha-fen-tashiyv-'et-veniy-shamah

KJV: And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

AKJV: And Abraham said to him, Beware you that you bring not my son thither again. ¶

ASV: And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

YLT: And Abraham saith unto him, ‘Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

Exposition: Genesis 24:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:7

Hebrew

יְהוָה ׀ אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לְקָחַנִי מִבֵּית אָבִי וּמֵאֶרֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתִּי וַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לִי וַאֲשֶׁר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לִי לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הוּא יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִשָּֽׁם׃

yehvah- -'elohey-hashamayim-'asher-leqachaniy-miveyt-'aviy-vme'eretz-mvoladetiy-va'asher-diver-liy-va'asher-nisheva'-liy-le'mor-lezare'akha-'eten-'et-ha'aretz-hazo't-hv'-yishelach-male'akhvo-lefaneykha-velaqacheta-'ishah-liveniy-misham

KJV: The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

AKJV: The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spoke to me, and that swore to me, saying, To your seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife to my son from there.

ASV: Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.

YLT: 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, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence;

Exposition: Genesis 24:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel befo...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:8

Hebrew

וְאִם־לֹא תֹאבֶה הָֽאִשָּׁה לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֶיךָ וְנִקִּיתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִי זֹאת רַק אֶת־בְּנִי לֹא תָשֵׁב שָֽׁמָּה׃

ve'im-lo'-to'veh-ha'ishah-lalekhet-'achareykha-veniqiyta-mishevu'atiy-zo't-raq-'et-veniy-lo'-tashev-shamah

KJV: And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

AKJV: And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

ASV: And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

YLT: 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.'

Exposition: Genesis 24:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:9

Hebrew

וַיָּשֶׂם הָעֶבֶד אֶת־יָדוֹ תַּחַת יֶרֶךְ אַבְרָהָם אֲדֹנָיו וַיִּשָּׁבַֽע לוֹ עַל־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה׃

vayashem-ha'eved-'et-yadvo-tachat-yerekhe-'averaham-'adonayv-vayishava'-lvo-'al-hadavar-hazeh

KJV: And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

AKJV: And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter. ¶

ASV: And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

YLT: And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.

Exposition: Genesis 24:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:10

Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח הָעֶבֶד עֲשָׂרָה גְמַלִּים מִגְּמַלֵּי אֲדֹנָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ וְכָל־טוּב אֲדֹנָיו בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַם נֽ͏ַהֲרַיִם אֶל־עִיר נָחֽוֹר׃

vayiqach-ha'eved-'asharah-gemaliym-migemaley-'adonayv-vayelekhe-vekhal-tvv-'adonayv-veyadvo-vayaqam-vayelekhe-'el-'aram-naharayim-'el-'iyr-nachvor

KJV: And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

AKJV: And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

ASV: And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, having all goodly things of his master’s in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

YLT: And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord 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;

Exposition: Genesis 24:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:11

Hebrew

וַיַּבְרֵךְ הַגְּמַלִּים מִחוּץ לָעִיר אֶל־בְּאֵר הַמָּיִם לְעֵת עֶרֶב לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃

vayaverekhe-hagemaliym-michvtz-la'iyr-'el-ve'er-hamayim-le'et-'erev-le'et-tze't-hasho'avot

KJV: And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

AKJV: And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

ASV: And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Genesis 24:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:12

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמַר ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם הַקְרֵה־נָא לְפָנַי הַיּוֹם וַעֲשֵׂה־חֶסֶד עִם אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָֽם׃

vayo'mar- -yehvah-'elohey-'adoniy-'averaham-haqereh-na'-lefanay-hayvom-va'asheh-chesed-'im-'adoniy-'averaham

KJV: And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

AKJV: And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray you, send me good speed this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

ASV: And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.

YLT: 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;

Exposition: Genesis 24:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:13

Hebrew

הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נִצָּב עַל־עֵין הַמָּיִם וּבְנוֹת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר יֹצְאֹת לִשְׁאֹב מָֽיִם׃

hineh-'anokhiy-nitzav-'al-'eyn-hamayim-vvenvot-'aneshey-ha'iyr-yotze'ot-lishe'ov-mayim

KJV: Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

AKJV: Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

ASV: Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water:

YLT: lo, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;

Exposition: Genesis 24:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:14

Hebrew

וְהָיָה הַֽנַּעֲרָ אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיהָ הַטִּי־נָא כַדֵּךְ וְאֶשְׁתֶּה וְאָמְרָה שְׁתֵה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּיךָ אַשְׁקֶה אֹתָהּ הֹכַחְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיִצְחָק וּבָהּ אֵדַע כִּי־עָשִׂיתָ חֶסֶד עִם־אֲדֹנִֽי׃

vehayah-hana'ara-'asher-'omar-'eleyha-hatiy-na'-khadekhe-ve'esheteh-ve'amerah-sheteh-vegam-gemaleykha-'asheqeh-'otah-hokhacheta-le'avedekha-leyitzechaq-vvah-'eda'-khiy-'ashiyta-chesed-'im-'adoniy

KJV: And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

AKJV: And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down your pitcher, I pray you, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: let the same be she that you have appointed for your servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that you have showed kindness to my master. ¶

ASV: and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

YLT: 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.'

Exposition: Genesis 24:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast ap...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:15

Hebrew

וַֽיְהִי־הוּא טֶרֶם כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת אֲשֶׁר יֻלְּדָה לִבְתוּאֵל בֶּן־מִלְכָּה אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר אֲחִי אַבְרָהָם וְכַדָּהּ עַל־שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃

vayehiy-hv'-terem-khilah-ledaver-vehineh-riveqah-yotze't-'asher-yuledah-livetv'el-ven-milekhah-'eshet-nachvor-'achiy-'averaham-vekhadah-'al-shikhemah

KJV: And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

AKJV: And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

ASV: And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

YLT: 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,

Exposition: Genesis 24:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:16

Hebrew

וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ טֹבַת מַרְאֶה מְאֹד בְּתוּלָה וְאִישׁ לֹא יְדָעָהּ וַתֵּרֶד הָעַיְנָה וַתְּמַלֵּא כַדָּהּ וַתָּֽעַל׃

vehana'ara-tovat-mare'eh-me'od-vetvlah-ve'iysh-lo'-yeda'ah-vatered-ha'ayenah-vatemale'-khadah-vata'al

KJV: And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

AKJV: And the damsel was very fair to look on, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

ASV: And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Genesis 24:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:17

Hebrew

וַיָּרָץ הָעֶבֶד לִקְרָאתָהּ וַיֹּאמֶר הַגְמִיאִינִי נָא מְעַט־מַיִם מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃

vayaratz-ha'eved-liqera'tah-vayo'mer-hagemiy'iyniy-na'-me'at-mayim-mikhadekhe

KJV: And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

AKJV: And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray you, drink a little water of your pitcher.

ASV: And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

YLT: And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, ‘Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;’

Exposition: Genesis 24:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:18

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר שְׁתֵה אֲדֹנִי וַתְּמַהֵר וַתֹּרֶד כַּדָּהּ עַל־יָדָהּ וַתַּשְׁקֵֽהוּ׃

vato'mer-sheteh-'adoniy-vatemaher-vatored-khadah-'al-yadah-vatasheqehv

KJV: And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

AKJV: And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.

ASV: And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

YLT: and she saith, ‘Drink, my lord;' and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink.

Exposition: Genesis 24:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:19

Hebrew

וַתְּכַל לְהַשְׁקֹתוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר גַּם לִגְמַלֶּיךָ אֶשְׁאָב עַד אִם־כִּלּוּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת׃

vatekhal-lehasheqotvo-vato'mer-gam-ligemaleykha-'eshe'av-'ad-'im-khilv-lishetot

KJV: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

AKJV: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they have done drinking.

ASV: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

YLT: And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, ‘Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;’

Exposition: Genesis 24:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:20

Hebrew

וַתְּמַהֵר וַתְּעַר כַּדָּהּ אֶל־הַשֹּׁקֶת וַתָּרָץ עוֹד אֶֽל־הַבְּאֵר לִשְׁאֹב וַתִּשְׁאַב לְכָל־גְּמַלָּֽיו׃

vatemaher-vate'ar-khadah-'el-hashoqet-vataratz-'vod-'el-have'er-lishe'ov-vatishe'av-lekhal-gemalayv

KJV: And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

AKJV: And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

ASV: And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Genesis 24:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:21

Hebrew

וְהָאִישׁ מִשְׁתָּאֵה לָהּ מַחֲרִישׁ לָדַעַת הֽ͏ַהִצְלִיחַ יְהוָה דַּרְכּוֹ אִם־לֹֽא׃

veha'iysh-misheta'eh-lah-machariysh-lada'at-hahitzeliycha-yehvah-darekhvo-'im-lo'

KJV: And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

AKJV: And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

ASV: And the man looked stedfastly on her, holding his peace, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.

YLT: And the man, wondering at her, remaineth silent, to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not.

Exposition: Genesis 24:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:22

Hebrew

וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָֽם׃

vayehiy-kha'asher-khilv-hagemaliym-lishetvot-vayiqach-ha'iysh-nezem-zahav-veqa'-misheqalvo-vsheney-tzemiydiym-'al-yadeyha-'asharah-zahav-misheqalam

KJV: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

AKJV: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

ASV: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

YLT: And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight is a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight is ten bekahs of gold),

Exposition: Genesis 24:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:23

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר בַּת־מִי אַתְּ הַגִּידִי נָא לִי הֲיֵשׁ בֵּית־אָבִיךְ מָקוֹם לָנוּ לָלִֽין׃

vayo'mer-vat-miy-'ate-hagiydiy-na'-liy-hayesh-veyt-'aviykhe-maqvom-lanv-laliyn

KJV: And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

AKJV: And said, Whose daughter are you? tell me, I pray you: is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge in?

ASV: and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

YLT: 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?’

Exposition: Genesis 24:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:24

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל אָנֹכִי בֶּן־מִלְכָּה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְנָחֽוֹר׃

vato'mer-'elayv-vat-vetv'el-'anokhiy-ven-milekhah-'asher-yaledah-lenachvor

KJV: And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

AKJV: And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bore to Nahor.

ASV: And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bare unto Nahor.

YLT: And she saith unto him, ‘I am daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:25

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו גַּם־תֶּבֶן גַּם־מִסְפּוֹא רַב עִמָּנוּ גַּם־מָקוֹם לָלֽוּן׃

vato'mer-'elayv-gam-teven-gam-misefvo'-rav-'imanv-gam-maqvom-lalvn

KJV: She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

AKJV: She said moreover to him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

ASV: She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

YLT: She saith also unto him, ‘Both straw and provender are abundant with us, also a place to lodge in.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:26

Hebrew

וַיִּקֹּד הָאִישׁ וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לֽ͏ַיהוָֽה׃

vayiqod-ha'iysh-vayishetachv-layhvah

KJV: And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

AKJV: And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

ASV: And the man bowed his head, and worshipped Jehovah.

YLT: And the man boweth, and doth obeisance to Jehovah,

Exposition: Genesis 24:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:27

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־עָזַב חַסְדּוֹ וַאֲמִתּוֹ מֵעִם אֲדֹנִי אָנֹכִי בַּדֶּרֶךְ נָחַנִי יְהוָה בֵּית אֲחֵי אֲדֹנִֽי׃

vayo'mer-varvkhe-yehvah-'elohey-'adoniy-'averaham-'asher-lo'-'azav-chasedvo-va'amitvo-me'im-'adoniy-'anokhiy-vaderekhe-nachaniy-yehvah-veyt-'achey-'adoniy

KJV: And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

AKJV: And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brothers.

ASV: And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master: as for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master’s brethren.

YLT: and saith, ‘Blessed is Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord; --I being in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my lord's brethren.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:28

Hebrew

וַתָּרָץ הַֽנַּעֲרָ וַתַּגֵּד לְבֵית אִמָּהּ כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

vataratz-hana'ara-vataged-leveyt-'imah-khadevariym-ha'eleh

KJV: And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

AKJV: And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things. ¶

ASV: And the damsel ran, and told her mother’s house according to these words.

YLT: And the young person runneth, and declareth to the house of her mother according to these words.

Exposition: Genesis 24:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:29

Hebrew

וּלְרִבְקָה אָח וּשְׁמוֹ לָבָן וַיָּרָץ לָבָן אֶל־הָאִישׁ הַחוּצָה אֶל־הָעָֽיִן׃

vleriveqah-'ach-vshemvo-lavan-vayaratz-lavan-'el-ha'iysh-hachvtzah-'el-ha'ayin

KJV: And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

AKJV: And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the well.

ASV: And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.

YLT: And Rebekah hath a brother, and his name is Laban, and Laban runneth unto the man who is without, unto the fountain;

Exposition: Genesis 24:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:30

Hebrew

וַיְהִי ׀ כִּרְאֹת אֶת־הַנֶּזֶם וְֽאֶת־הַצְּמִדִים עַל־יְדֵי אֲחֹתוֹ וּכְשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי רִבְקָה אֲחֹתוֹ לֵאמֹר כֹּֽה־דִבֶּר אֵלַי הָאִישׁ וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הָאִישׁ וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל־הַגְּמַלִּים עַל־הָעָֽיִן׃

vayehiy- -khire'ot-'et-hanezem-ve'et-hatzemidiym-'al-yedey-'achotvo-vkheshame'vo-'et-diverey-riveqah-'achotvo-le'mor-khoh-diver-'elay-ha'iysh-vayavo'-'el-ha'iysh-vehineh-'omed-'al-hagemaliym-'al-ha'ayin

KJV: And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

AKJV: And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me; that he came to the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

ASV: And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.

YLT: yea, it cometh to pass, when he seeth the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heareth the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, ‘Thus hath the man spoken unto me,' that he cometh in unto the man, and lo, he is standing by the camels by the fountain.

Exposition: Genesis 24:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he sto...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:31

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר בּוֹא בְּרוּךְ יְהוָה לָמָּה תַעֲמֹד בַּחוּץ וְאָנֹכִי פִּנִּיתִי הַבַּיִת וּמָקוֹם לַגְּמַלִּֽים׃

vayo'mer-vvo'-vervkhe-yehvah-lamah-ta'amod-vachvtz-ve'anokhiy-finiytiy-havayit-vmaqvom-lagemaliym

KJV: And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

AKJV: And he said, Come in, you blessed of the LORD; why stand you without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. ¶

ASV: And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

YLT: And he saith, ‘Come in, O blessed one of Jehovah, why standest thou without, and I--I have prepared the house and place for the camels!’

Exposition: Genesis 24:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:32

Hebrew

וַיָּבֹא הָאִישׁ הַבַּיְתָה וַיְפַתַּח הַגְּמַלִּים וַיִּתֵּן תֶּבֶן וּמִסְפּוֹא לַגְּמַלִּים וּמַיִם לִרְחֹץ רַגְלָיו וְרַגְלֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ׃

vayavo'-ha'iysh-havayetah-vayefatach-hagemaliym-vayiten-teven-vmisefvo'-lagemaliym-vmayim-lirechotz-ragelayv-verageley-ha'anashiym-'asher-'itvo

KJV: And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.

AKJV: And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.

ASV: And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

YLT: And he bringeth in the man into the house, and looseth the camels, and giveth straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who are with him:

Exposition: Genesis 24:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:33

Hebrew

ויישם וַיּוּשַׂם לְפָנָיו לֶאֱכֹל וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֹכַל עַד אִם־דִּבַּרְתִּי דְּבָרָי וַיֹּאמֶר דַּבֵּֽר׃

vyyshm-vayvsham-lefanayv-le'ekhol-vayo'mer-lo'-'okhal-'ad-'im-divaretiy-devaray-vayo'mer-daver

KJV: And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

AKJV: And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

ASV: And there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

YLT: and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, ‘I do not eat till I have spoken my word;' and he saith, ‘Speak.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:34

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמַר עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם אָנֹֽכִי׃

vayo'mar-'eved-'averaham-'anokhiy

KJV: And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

AKJV: And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

ASV: And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

YLT: And he saith, ‘I am Abraham's servant;

Exposition: Genesis 24:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:35

Hebrew

וַיהוָה בֵּרַךְ אֶת־אֲדֹנִי מְאֹד וַיִּגְדָּל וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ צֹאן וּבָקָר וְכֶסֶף וְזָהָב וַעֲבָדִם וּשְׁפָחֹת וּגְמַלִּים וַחֲמֹרִֽים׃

vayhvah-verakhe-'et-'adoniy-me'od-vayigedal-vayiten-lvo-tzo'n-vvaqar-vekhesef-vezahav-va'avadim-vshefachot-vgemaliym-vachamoriym

KJV: And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

AKJV: And the LORD has blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he has given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

ASV: And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.

YLT: and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;

Exposition: Genesis 24:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:36

Hebrew

וַתֵּלֶד שָׂרָה אֵשֶׁת אֲדֹנִי בֵן לֽ͏ַאדֹנִי אַחֲרֵי זִקְנָתָהּ וַיִּתֶּן־לּוֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ׃

vateled-sharah-'eshet-'adoniy-ven-la'doniy-'acharey-ziqenatah-vayiten-lvo-'et-khal-'asher-lvo

KJV: And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

AKJV: And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and to him has he given all that he has.

ASV: And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

YLT: and Sarah, my lord's wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.

Exposition: Genesis 24:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:37

Hebrew

וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִי אֲדֹנִי לֵאמֹר לֹא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִבְּנוֹת הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי יֹשֵׁב בְּאַרְצֽוֹ׃

vayashevi'eniy-'adoniy-le'mor-lo'-tiqach-'ishah-liveniy-mivenvot-hakhena'aniy-'asher-'anokhiy-yoshev-ve'aretzvo

KJV: And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

AKJV: And my master made me swear, saying, You shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

ASV: And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

YLT: ‘And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.

Exposition: Genesis 24:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:38

Hebrew

אִם־לֹא אֶל־בֵּית־אָבִי תֵּלֵךְ וְאֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִֽי׃

'im-lo'-'el-veyt-'aviy-telekhe-ve'el-mishefachetiy-velaqacheta-'ishah-liveniy

KJV: But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

AKJV: But you shall go to my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son.

ASV: but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

YLT: If not--unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

Exposition: Genesis 24:38 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:39

Hebrew

וָאֹמַר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי אֻלַי לֹא־תֵלֵךְ הָאִשָּׁה אַחֲרָֽי׃

va'omar-'el-'adoniy-'ulay-lo'-telekhe-ha'ishah-'acharay

KJV: And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

AKJV: And I said to my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

ASV: And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

YLT: ‘And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;

Exposition: Genesis 24:39 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:40

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי לְפָנָיו יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ אִתָּךְ וְהִצְלִיחַ דַּרְכֶּךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּי וּמִבֵּית אָבִֽי׃

vayo'mer-'elay-yehvah-'asher-hitehalakhetiy-lefanayv-yishelach-male'akhvo-'itakhe-vehitzeliycha-darekhekha-velaqacheta-'ishah-liveniy-mimishefachetiy-vmiveyt-'aviy

KJV: And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

AKJV: And he said to me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

ASV: And he said unto me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

YLT: and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;

Exposition: Genesis 24:40 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:41

Hebrew

אָז תִּנָּקֶה מֵאָלָתִי כִּי תָבוֹא אֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי וְאִם־לֹא יִתְּנוּ לָךְ וְהָיִיתָ נָקִי מֵאָלָתִֽי׃

'az-tinaqeh-me'alatiy-khiy-tavvo'-'el-mishefachetiy-ve'im-lo'-yitenv-lakhe-vehayiyta-naqiy-me'alatiy

KJV: Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

AKJV: Then shall you be clear from this my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they give not you one, you shall be clear from my oath.

ASV: then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

YLT: then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not one to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.

Exposition: Genesis 24:41 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:42

Hebrew

וָאָבֹא הַיּוֹם אֶל־הָעָיִן וָאֹמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם אִם־יֶשְׁךָ־נָּא מַצְלִיחַ דַּרְכִּי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי הֹלֵךְ עָלֶֽיהָ׃

va'avo'-hayvom-'el-ha'ayin-va'omar-yehvah-'elohey-'adoniy-'averaham-'im-yeshekha-na'-matzeliycha-darekhiy-'asher-'anokhiy-holekhe-'aleyha

KJV: And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

AKJV: And I came this day to the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go:

ASV: And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

YLT: ‘And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going--

Exposition: Genesis 24:42 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:43

Hebrew

הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נִצָּב עַל־עֵין הַמָּיִם וְהָיָה הָֽעַלְמָה הַיֹּצֵאת לִשְׁאֹב וְאָמַרְתִּי אֵלֶיהָ הַשְׁקִֽינִי־נָא מְעַט־מַיִם מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃

hineh-'anokhiy-nitzav-'al-'eyn-hamayim-vehayah-ha'alemah-hayotze't-lishe'ov-ve'amaretiy-'eleyha-hasheqiyniy-na'-me'at-mayim-mikhadekhe

KJV: Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

AKJV: Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water of your pitcher to drink;

ASV: behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;

YLT: (lo, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin who is coming out to draw, and I have said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher,

Exposition: Genesis 24:43 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:44

Hebrew

וְאָמְרָה אֵלַי גַּם־אַתָּה שְׁתֵה וְגַם לִגְמַלֶּיךָ אֶשְׁאָב הִוא הֽ͏ָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־הֹכִיחַ יְהוָה לְבֶן־אֲדֹנִֽי׃

ve'amerah-'elay-gam-'atah-sheteh-vegam-ligemaleykha-'eshe'av-hiv'-ha'ishah-'asher-hokhiycha-yehvah-leven-'adoniy

KJV: And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.

AKJV: And she say to me, Both drink you, and I will also draw for your camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD has appointed out for my master’s son.

ASV: and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master’s son.

YLT: and she hath said unto me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels I draw--she is the woman whom Jehovah hath decided for my lord's son.

Exposition: Genesis 24:44 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:45

Hebrew

אֲנִי טֶרֶם אֲכַלֶּה לְדַבֵּר אֶל־לִבִּי וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת וְכַדָּהּ עַל־שִׁכְמָהּ וַתֵּרֶד הָעַיְנָה וַתִּשְׁאָב וָאֹמַר אֵלֶיהָ הַשְׁקִינִי נָֽא׃

'aniy-terem-'akhaleh-ledaver-'el-liviy-vehineh-riveqah-yotze't-vekhadah-'al-shikhemah-vatered-ha'ayenah-vatishe'av-va'omar-'eleyha-hasheqiyniy-na'

KJV: And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

AKJV: And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well, and drew water: and I said to her, Let me drink, I pray you.

ASV: And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

YLT: ‘Before I finish speaking unto my heart, then lo, Rebekah is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she goeth down to the fountain, and draweth; and I say unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee,

Exposition: Genesis 24:45 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:46

Hebrew

וַתְּמַהֵר וַתּוֹרֶד כַּדָּהּ מֵֽעָלֶיהָ וַתֹּאמֶר שְׁתֵה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּיךָ אַשְׁקֶה וָאֵשְׁתְּ וְגַם הַגְּמַלִּים הִשְׁקָֽתָה׃

vatemaher-vatvored-khadah-me'aleyha-vato'mer-sheteh-vegam-gemaleykha-'asheqeh-va'eshete-vegam-hagemaliym-hisheqatah

KJV: And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

AKJV: And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

ASV: And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

YLT: and she hasteth and letteth down her pitcher from off her and saith, Drink, and thy camels also I water; and I drink, and the camels also she hath watered.

Exposition: Genesis 24:46 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:47

Hebrew

וָאֶשְׁאַל אֹתָהּ וָאֹמַר בַּת־מִי אַתְּ וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן־נָחוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ מִלְכָּה וָאָשִׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל־אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל־יָדֶֽיהָ׃

va'eshe'al-'otah-va'omar-vat-miy-'ate-vato'mer-vat-vetv'el-ven-nachvor-'asher-yaledah-lvo-milekhah-va'ashim-hanezem-'al-'afah-vehatzemiydiym-'al-yadeyha

KJV: And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

AKJV: And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him: and I put the earring on her face, and the bracelets on her hands.

ASV: And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.

YLT: ‘And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter art thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,

Exposition: Genesis 24:47 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:48

Hebrew

וָאֶקֹּד וָֽאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לַיהוָה וָאֲבָרֵךְ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר הִנְחַנִי בְּדֶרֶךְ אֱמֶת לָקַחַת אֶת־בַּת־אֲחִי אֲדֹנִי לִבְנֽוֹ׃

va'eqod-va'eshetachaveh-layhvah-va'avarekhe-'et-yehvah-'elohey-'adoniy-'averaham-'asher-hinechaniy-vederekhe-'emet-laqachat-'et-vat-'achiy-'adoniy-livenvo

KJV: And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

AKJV: And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter to his son.

ASV: And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.

YLT: and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord's brother for his son.

Exposition: Genesis 24:48 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:49

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה אִם־יֶשְׁכֶם עֹשִׂים חֶסֶד וֽ͏ֶאֱמֶת אֶת־אֲדֹנִי הַגִּידוּ לִי וְאִם־לֹא הַגִּידוּ לִי וְאֶפְנֶה עַל־יָמִין אוֹ עַל־שְׂמֹֽאל׃

ve'atah-'im-yeshekhem-'oshiym-chesed-ve'emet-'et-'adoniy-hagiydv-liy-ve'im-lo'-hagiydv-liy-ve'efeneh-'al-yamiyn-'vo-'al-shemo'l

KJV: And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

AKJV: And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

ASV: And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

YLT: ‘And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:49 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:50

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן לָבָן וּבְתוּאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ מֵיְהוָה יָצָא הַדָּבָר לֹא נוּכַל דַּבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ רַע אוֹ־טֽוֹב׃

vaya'an-lavan-vvetv'el-vayo'merv-meyehvah-yatza'-hadavar-lo'-nvkhal-daver-'eleykha-ra'-'vo-tvov

KJV: Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

AKJV: Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from the LORD: we cannot speak to you bad or good.

ASV: Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

YLT: And Laban answereth--Bethuel also--and they say, ‘The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good;

Exposition: Genesis 24:50 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:51

Hebrew

הִנֵּֽה־רִבְקָה לְפָנֶיךָ קַח וָלֵךְ וּתְהִי אִשָּׁה לְבֶן־אֲדֹנֶיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָֽה׃

hineh-riveqah-lefaneykha-qach-valekhe-vtehiy-'ishah-leven-'adoneykha-kha'asher-diver-yehvah

KJV: Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

AKJV: Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the LORD has spoken.

ASV: Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as Jehovah hath spoken.

YLT: lo, Rebekah is before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord's son, as Jehovah hath spoken.'

Exposition: Genesis 24:51 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:52

Hebrew

וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם אֶת־דִּבְרֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַרְצָה לֽ͏ַיהוָֽה׃

vayehiy-kha'asher-shama'-'eved-'averaham-'et-divereyhem-vayishetachv-'aretzah-layhvah

KJV: And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

AKJV: And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

ASV: And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.

YLT: And it cometh to pass, when the servant of Abraham hath heard their words, that he boweth himself towards the earth before Jehovah;

Exposition: Genesis 24:52 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:53

Hebrew

וַיּוֹצֵא הָעֶבֶד כְּלֵי־כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב וּבְגָדִים וַיִתֵּן לְרִבְקָה וּמִגְדָּנֹת נָתַן לְאָחִיהָ וּלְאִמָּֽהּ׃

vayvotze'-ha'eved-kheley-khesef-vkheley-zahav-vvegadiym-vayiten-leriveqah-vmigedanot-natan-le'achiyha-vle'imah

KJV: And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

AKJV: And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

ASV: And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

YLT: and the servant taketh out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and giveth to Rebekah; precious things also he hath given to her brother and to her mother.

Exposition: Genesis 24:53 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:54

Hebrew

וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתּוּ הוּא וְהָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־עִמּוֹ וַיָּלִינוּ וַיָּקוּמוּ בַבֹּקֶר וַיֹּאמֶר שַׁלְּחֻנִי לֽ͏ַאדֹנִֽי׃

vayo'khelv-vayishetv-hv'-veha'anashiym-'asher-'imvo-vayaliynv-vayaqvmv-vavoqer-vayo'mer-shalechuniy-la'doniy

KJV: And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

AKJV: And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.

ASV: And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

YLT: And they eat and drink, he and the men who are with him, and lodge all night; and they rise in the morning, and he saith, ‘Send me to my lord;’

Exposition: Genesis 24:54 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:55

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אָחִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ תֵּשֵׁב הַנַּעֲרָ אִתָּנוּ יָמִים אוֹ עָשׂוֹר אַחַר תֵּלֵֽךְ׃

vayo'mer-'achiyha-ve'imah-teshev-hana'ara-'itanv-yamiym-'vo-'ashvor-'achar-telekhe

KJV: And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

AKJV: And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

ASV: And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

YLT: and her brother saith--her mother also--‘Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:55 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:56

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אַל־תְּאַחֲרוּ אֹתִי וֽ͏ַיהוָה הִצְלִיחַ דַּרְכִּי שַׁלְּחוּנִי וְאֵלְכָה לֽ͏ַאדֹנִֽי׃

vayo'mer-'alehem-'al-te'acharv-'otiy-vayhvah-hitzeliycha-darekhiy-shalechvniy-ve'elekhah-la'doniy

KJV: And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

AKJV: And he said to them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

ASV: And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

YLT: And he saith unto them, ‘Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;’

Exposition: Genesis 24:56 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:57

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ נִקְרָא לַֽנַּעֲרָ וְנִשְׁאֲלָה אֶת־פִּֽיהָ׃

vayo'merv-niqera'-lana'ara-venishe'alah-'et-fiyha

KJV: And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

AKJV: And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

ASV: And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

YLT: and they say, ‘Let us call for the young person, and ask at her mouth;’

Exposition: Genesis 24:57 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:58

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרְאוּ לְרִבְקָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלֶיהָ הֲתֵלְכִי עִם־הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלֵֽךְ׃

vayiqere'v-leriveqah-vayo'merv-'eleyha-hatelekhiy-'im-ha'iysh-hazeh-vato'mer-'elekhe

KJV: And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

AKJV: And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.

ASV: And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

YLT: and they call for Rebekah, and say unto her, ‘Dost thou go with this man?' and she saith, ‘I go.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:58 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:59

Hebrew

וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת־רִבְקָה אֲחֹתָם וְאֶת־מֵנִקְתָּהּ וְאֶת־עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם וְאֶת־אֲנָשָֽׁיו׃

vayeshalechv-'et-riveqah-'achotam-ve'et-meniqetah-ve'et-'eved-'averaham-ve'et-'anashayv

KJV: And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

AKJV: And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

ASV: And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

YLT: And they send away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men;

Exposition: Genesis 24:59 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:60

Hebrew

וַיְבָרֲכוּ אֶת־רִבְקָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָהּ אֲחֹתֵנוּ אַתְּ הֲיִי לְאַלְפֵי רְבָבָה וְיִירַשׁ זַרְעֵךְ אֵת שַׁעַר שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃

vayevarakhv-'et-riveqah-vayo'merv-lah-'achotenv-'ate-hayiy-le'alefey-revavah-veyiyrash-zare'ekhe-'et-sha'ar-shone'ayv

KJV: And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

AKJV: And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, You are our sister, be you the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those which hate them. ¶

ASV: And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.

YLT: and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, ‘Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.’

Exposition: Genesis 24:60 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:61

Hebrew

וַתָּקָם רִבְקָה וְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָ וַתִּרְכַּבְנָה עַל־הַגְּמַלִּים וַתֵּלַכְנָה אַחֲרֵי הָאִישׁ וַיִּקַּח הָעֶבֶד אֶת־רִבְקָה וַיֵּלַֽךְ׃

vataqam-riveqah-vena'aroteyha-vatirekhavenah-'al-hagemaliym-vatelakhenah-'acharey-ha'iysh-vayiqach-ha'eved-'et-riveqah-vayelakhe

KJV: And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

AKJV: And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode on the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

ASV: And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

YLT: And Rebekah and her young women arise, and ride on the camels, and go after the man; and the servant taketh Rebekah and goeth.

Exposition: Genesis 24:61 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:62

Hebrew

וְיִצְחָק בָּא מִבּוֹא בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב בְּאֶרֶץ הַנֶּֽגֶב׃

veyitzechaq-va'-mivvo'-ve'er-lachay-ro'iy-vehv'-yvoshev-ve'eretz-hanegev

KJV: And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

AKJV: And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelled in the south country.

ASV: And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.

YLT: And Isaac hath come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder; and he is dwelling in the land of the south,

Exposition: Genesis 24:62 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:63

Hebrew

וַיֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָשׂוּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶה לִפְנוֹת עָרֶב וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה גְמַלִּים בָּאִֽים׃

vayetze'-yitzechaq-lashvcha-vashadeh-lifenvot-'arev-vayisha'-'eynayv-vayare'-vehineh-gemaliym-va'iym

KJV: And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

AKJV: And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

ASV: And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

YLT: and Isaac goeth out to meditate in the field, at the turning of the evening, and he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, camels are coming.

Exposition: Genesis 24:63 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:64

Hebrew

וַתִּשָּׂא רִבְקָה אֶת־עֵינֶיהָ וַתֵּרֶא אֶת־יִצְחָק וַתִּפֹּל מֵעַל הַגָּמָֽל׃

vatisha'-riveqah-'et-'eyneyha-vatere'-'et-yitzechaq-vatifol-me'al-hagamal

KJV: And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

AKJV: And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

ASV: And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.

YLT: And Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel;

Exposition: Genesis 24:64 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:65

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָעֶבֶד מִֽי־הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶה הַהֹלֵךְ בַּשָּׂדֶה לִקְרָאתֵנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הָעֶבֶד הוּא אֲדֹנִי וַתִּקַּח הַצָּעִיף וַתִּתְכָּֽס׃

vato'mer-'el-ha'eved-miy-ha'iysh-halazeh-haholekhe-vashadeh-liqera'tenv-vayo'mer-ha'eved-hv'-'adoniy-vatiqach-hatza'iyf-vatitekhas

KJV: For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

AKJV: For she had said to the servant, What man is this that walks in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.

ASV: And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master: and she took her veil, and covered herself.

YLT: and she saith unto the servant, ‘Who is this man who is walking in the field to meet us?' and the servant saith, ‘It is my lord;' and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself.

Exposition: Genesis 24:65 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:66

Hebrew

וַיְסַפֵּר הָעֶבֶד לְיִצְחָק אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה׃

vayesafer-ha'eved-leyitzechaq-'et-khal-hadevariym-'asher-'ashah

KJV: And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

AKJV: And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

ASV: And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

YLT: And the servant recounteth to Isaac all the things that he hath done,

Exposition: Genesis 24:66 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 24:67

Hebrew

וַיְבִאֶהָ יִצְחָק הָאֹהֱלָה שָׂרָה אִמּוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־רִבְקָה וַתְּהִי־לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וַיֶּאֱהָבֶהָ וַיִּנָּחֵם יִצְחָק אַחֲרֵי אִמּֽוֹ׃

vayevi'eha-yitzechaq-ha'ohelah-sharah-'imvo-vayiqach-'et-riveqah-vatehiy-lvo-le'ishah-vaye'ehaveha-vayinachem-yitzechaq-'acharey-'imvo

KJV: And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

AKJV: And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

ASV: And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

YLT: and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after the death of his mother.

Exposition: Genesis 24:67 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.