Kejadian 24:14

24:14 I will say to a young woman, ‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply, ‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ ¹  In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.” ² 

Kejadian 24:16

24:16 Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. ³  She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.

Kejadian 24:18

24:18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering ⁴  her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

Kejadian 24:24-25

24:24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor. ⁵  24:25 We have plenty of straw and feed,” she added, ⁶  “and room for you ⁷  to spend the night.”

Kejadian 24:28

24:28 The young woman ran and told her mother’s household all about ⁸  these things.

Kejadian 24:43

24:43 Here I am, standing by the spring. ⁹  When ¹⁰  the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say, “Give me a little water to drink from your jug.”

Kejadian 24:61

24:61 Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with ¹¹  the man. So Abraham’s servant ¹²  took Rebekah and left.

[24:14]  ¹ sn I will also give your camels water. It would be an enormous test for a young woman to water ten camels. The idea is that such a woman would not only be industrious but hospitable and generous.

[24:14]  ² tn Heb “And let the young woman to whom I say, ‘Lower your jar that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink and I will also give your camels water,’ – her you have appointed for your servant, for Isaac, and by it I will know that you have acted in faithfulness with my master.”

[24:16]  ³ tn Heb “And the young woman was very good of appearance, a virgin, and a man she had not known.” Some argue that the Hebrew noun translated “virgin” (בְּתוּלָה, bÿtulah) is better understood in a general sense, “young woman” (see Joel 1:8, where the word appears to refer to one who is married). In this case the circumstantial clause (“and a man she had not known”) would be restrictive, rather than descriptive. If the term actually means “virgin,” one wonders why the circumstantial clause is necessary (see Judg 21:12 as well). Perhaps the repetition emphasizes her sexual purity as a prerequisite for her role as the mother of the covenant community.

[24:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “and she hurried and lowered.”

[24:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “whom she bore to Nahor.” The referent (Milcah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “and she said, ‘We have plenty of both straw and feed.’” The order of the introductory clause has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[24:25]  ⁷ tn Heb The words “for you” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[24:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to.”

[24:43]  ⁹ tn Heb “the spring of water.”

[24:43]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and it will be.”

[24:61]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And she arose, Rebekah and her female servants, and they rode upon camels and went after.”

[24:61]  ¹² tn Heb “the servant”; the word “Abraham’s” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.