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Genesis 24

Gen. 24:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, before he had done
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
y speaking
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, that, behold, Rebekah
Ribqah (Hebrew #7259)
fettering (by beauty); Ribkah, the wife of Isaac
KJV usage: Rebekah.
Pronounce: rib-kaw'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock
came out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, who
'aher (Hebrew #834)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: ash-er'
Origin: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)
was born
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: 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).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
to Bethuel
Bthuw'el (Hebrew #1328)
destroyed of God; Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Bethuel. Compare 1329.
Pronounce: beth-oo-ale'
Origin: apparently from the same as 1326 and 410
, son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
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.))
KJV usage: + 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.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Milcah
Milkah (Hebrew #4435)
queen; Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite
KJV usage: Milcah.
Pronounce: mil-kaw'
Origin: a form of 4436
, the wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
of Nahor
Nachowr (Hebrew #5152)
snorer; Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
KJV usage: Nahor.
Pronounce: naw-khore'
Origin: from the same as 5170
, Abraham’s
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, with her pitcher
kad (Hebrew #3537)
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
KJV usage: barrel, pitcher.
Pronounce: kad
Origin: from an unused root meaning to deepen
upon her shoulder
shkem (Hebrew #7926)
the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
KJV usage: back, X consent, portion, shoulder.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: from 7925
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Isa. 65:24• 24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isa. 65:24)
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Dan. 9:21• 21Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. (Dan. 9:21)

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Abraham,
Bethuel,
Milcah,
Nahor,
Rebekah,
Shoulder,
Son,
Wife

Cross References

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before.
Gen. 24:45• 45And 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. (Gen. 24:45)
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Judg. 6:36‑40• 36And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
 37Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
 38And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
 39And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
 40And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (Judg. 6:36‑40)
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Psa. 34:15• 15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. (Psa. 34:15)
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Psa. 65:2• 2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. (Psa. 65:2)
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Psa. 145:18‑19• 18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
 19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. (Psa. 145:18‑19)
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Isa. 58:9• 9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; (Isa. 58:9)
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Isa. 65:24• 24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isa. 65:24)
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Dan. 9:20‑23• 20And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;
 21Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
 22And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
 23At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to show thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. (Dan. 9:20‑23)
Rebekah.
Gen. 24:24• 24And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. (Gen. 24:24)
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Gen. 22:20‑23• 20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
 21Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
 22And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
 23And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. (Gen. 22:20‑23)
Milcah.
Gen. 11:27,29• 27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
 29And 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. (Gen. 11:27,29)
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Gen. 22:23• 23And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. (Gen. 22:23)
pitcher.
Gen. 21:14• 14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. (Gen. 21:14)
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Gen. 29:9• 9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. (Gen. 29:9)
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Ex. 2:16• 16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. (Ex. 2:16)
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Ruth 2:2,17• 2And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
 17So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. (Ruth 2:2,17)
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Prov. 31:27• 27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. (Prov. 31:27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass before he had ended speaking, that behold, Rebeccae came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother; and she had her pitcher upon her shoulder.

JND Translation Notes

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Noose, i.e. captivating.