Genesis 24:15
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.
a. NLT: Before he had finished
praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on
her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s
brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.
b. NIV: Before he had finished
praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of
Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
c. 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,
d. Amplified Bible Classic: Before
he had finished speaking, behold, out came Rebekah, who was the daughter of
Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor the brother of Abraham, with
her water jar on her shoulder.
e. Septuagint: And it came to pass
before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of
Bathuel, the son of Melcha, the wife of Nachor, and [the same] the brother of
Abraam, came forth, having a water-pot on her shoulders.
f. Stone Edition Chumash Torah: And
it was when he had not yet finished speaking that suddenly Rebecca was coming
out—she who had been born to Bethuel the son of Milcah the wife of Nahor,
brother of Abraham—with her jug upon her shoulder.
1. “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…”
a. before he had done [3615 * kalah]
[Strong: a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished,
perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume):--accomplish, cease,
consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an)
end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have,
leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend,
quite take away, waste.]
b. speaking [1696 * dabar]
[Strong: a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively
(of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue:--answer,
appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise,
pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell,
think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.]
c. Rebekah [7259 * Ribqah]
[Strong: from an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock;
fettering (by beauty); Ribkah, the wife of Isaac:-- Rebekah.]
d. came out [3318 * yatsa]
[Strong: a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety
of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.:--X after,
appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up),
carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing,
-ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth
(out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth,
on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead
out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with
commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely,
take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.]
e. who [834 * 'aher] [Strong: a
primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what,
that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order
that, etc.:--X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, +
forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which,
wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on,
-soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As
it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun
expletively, used to show the connection.]
f. was born [3205 * yalad]
[Strong: yalad yaw-lad' a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget;
medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:--bear, beget,
birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve,
child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch,
labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman
in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).]
g. to Bethuel [1328 * Bthuw'el]
[Strong: apparently from the same as 1326 and 410; destroyed of
God; Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in
Palestine:--Bethuel.]
h. son [1121 * ben] [Strong: from 1129; a son (as a builder of the
family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship,
including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like
1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite,
(anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-)
(Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf,
X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn,
foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty,
+ nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, +
spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, +
valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]
i. of Milcah [4435 * Milkah]
[Strong: a form of 4436; queen; Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an
Israelite:--Milcah.]
j. wife [802 * 'ishshah; feminine
of 376 or 582; irregular plural, nashiym] [Strong: a woman (used in
the same wide sense as 582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, +
none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.]
k. of Nahor [5152 * Nachowr] [Strong:
from the same as 5170; snorer; Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a
brother of Abraham:--Nahor.]
l. Abraham’s [85 * 'Abraham]
[Strong: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be
populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:--Abraham.]
m. brother [251 * 'ach] [Strong: a
primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and
metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1)):--another, brother(-ly);
kindred, like, other.]
1). The more complete lineage is
listed earlier in genesis.
a). genesis 11:27-29 Now these are the
generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
11:28 And Haran died before his
father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
11:29 And Abram and Nahor took
them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name
of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the
father of Iscah.
b). Abraham and Nahor were brothers,
which made Milcah, Abraham’s niece. Milcah and Lot were brother and sister and
they had another sibling named Iscah.
2. “…with her pitcher upon her shoulder.”
a. with her pitcher [3537 * kad]
][Strong: from an unused root meaning to deepen; properly, a pail; but
generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes:--barrel, pitcher.]
b. upon her shoulder [7926 * shkem]
[Strong: from 7925; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of
burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill:--back, X consent, portion, shoulder.]
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