Kejadian 24:29-30

24:29 (Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) ¹  Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring. 24:30 When he saw the bracelets on his sister’s wrists and the nose ring ²  and heard his sister Rebekah say, ³  “This is what the man said to me,” he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing ⁴  by the camels near the spring.

Kejadian 24:42-43

24:42 When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, ⁵  may events unfold as follows: ⁶  24:43 Here I am, standing by the spring. ⁷  When ⁸  the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say, “Give me a little water to drink from your jug.”

Kejadian 24:45

24:45 “Before I finished praying in my heart, ⁹  along came Rebekah ¹⁰  with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

Kejadian 36:24

36:24 These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah (who discovered the hot springs ¹¹  in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon).

[24:29]  ¹ tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause introduces the audience to Laban, who will eventually play an important role in the unfolding story.

[24:30]  ² tn Heb “And it was when he saw the nose ring and the bracelets on the arms of his sister.” The word order is altered in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[24:30]  ³ tn Heb “and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying.”

[24:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “and look, he was standing.” The disjunctive clause with the participle following the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) invites the audience to view the scene through Laban’s eyes.

[24:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “if you are making successful my way on which I am going.”

[24:42]  ⁶ tn The words “may events unfold as follows” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[24:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “the spring of water.”

[24:43]  ⁸ tn Heb “and it will be.”

[24:45]  ⁹ tn Heb “As for me, before I finished speaking to my heart.” The adverb טֶרֶם (terem) indicates the verb is a preterite; the infinitive that follows is the direct object.

[24:45]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Look, Rebekah was coming out.” As in 24:15, the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) is used here for dramatic effect.

[36:24]  ¹¹ tn The meaning of this Hebrew term is uncertain; Syriac reads “water” and Vulgate reads “hot water.”