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וַיִּקַּ֣ח הָ֠עֶבֶד עֲשָׂרָ֨ה גְמַלִּ֜ים מִגְּמַלֵּ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙ וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וְכָל־ט֥וּב אֲדֹנָ֖יו בְּיָד֑וֹ וַיָּ֗קָם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַ֥ם נַֽהֲרַ֖יִם אֶל־עִ֥יר נָחֽוֹר׃ 11 וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ הַגְּמַלִּ֛ים מִח֥וּץ לָעִ֖יר אֶל־בְּאֵ֣ר הַמָּ֑יִם לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב לְעֵ֖ת צֵ֥את הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃ 12 וַיֹּאמַ֓ר ׀ יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם הַקְרֵה־נָ֥א לְפָנַ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם וַעֲשֵׂה־חֶ֕סֶד עִ֖ם אֲדֹנִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם׃ 13 הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב עַל־עֵ֣ין הַמָּ֑יִם וּבְנוֹת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֔יר יֹצְאֹ֖ת לִשְׁאֹ֥ב מָֽיִם׃ 14 וְהָיָ֣ה הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֹמַ֤ר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ הַטִּי־נָ֤א כַדֵּךְ֙ וְאֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה וְאָמְרָ֣ה שְׁתֵ֔ה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ אַשְׁקֶ֑ה אֹתָ֤הּ הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙ לְעַבְדְּךָ֣ לְיִצְחָ֔ק וּבָ֣הּ אֵדַ֔ע כִּי־עָשִׂ֥יתָ חֶ֖סֶד עִם־אֲדֹנִֽי׃

Vocabulary

Verse 10

            עשֹר  cardinal number: “ten”

            גמל  “camel”

            טוב  noun: “goods” (BDB, 375)

            ארם נהרים  name (of place): “Aram-nahoraim (lit. Aram of the two rivers)”

            נחור  name (of place): “Nahor”

Verse 11

            ברך  verb (Hiphil waw-consecutive imperfect 3ms): “cause to kneel” (BDB, 138)

            חוץ  “outside”

            באר  “well” (BDB, 91)

            עת  “time”

            ערב  “evening”

            שׁאב  substantive (Qal participle fpl) “water drawer” (BDB, 980)

Verse 12

            קרה  verb (Hiphil imperative ms): “cause to occur, grant success” (BDB, 899)

Verse 13

            נצב  verb: “station oneself, take a stand”

            שׁאב  verb: “draw” (BDB, 980)

Verse 14

            נערה  “girl, young woman”

            נטה  verb (Hiphil imperative fs): “stretch out”

            כד  “jar” (BDB, 461)

            גמל  “camel”

            שׁקה  verb (Hiphil waw-consecutive imperfect 1cs): “cause to drink”

            יכח  verb (Hiphil perfect 2ms): “appointed”

            יצחק  name: “Isaac”

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 10

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיִּקַּ֣ח הָ֠עֶבֶד עֲשָׂרָ֨ה גְמַלִּ֜ים מִגְּמַלֵּ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙): V-S-O-M
• The verb, לקח, “assimilates” the first root radical with prefix forms much like a R-1 nun verb.
• The cardinal numbers, שׁלשׁ “three” throughעשֹר “ten,” are substantives and may modify other nouns in a construct relationship or in apposition.  Unlike the number שׁנים “two,” however, the feminine forms of these numbers modify masculine nouns and the masculine forms modify feminine nouns.
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וְכָל־ט֥וּב אֲדֹנָ֖יו בְּיָד֑וֹ): V-M
• The nominal clause modifies the preceding verb.  The clause connector may best be interpreted as “with.”
• The relationship of כָל with the construct clause is distributive—“each, every kind of” (GKC 127b).
• Sentence Typology 3 (וַיָּ֗קָם): V
• Sentence Typology 4 (וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַ֥ם נַֽהֲרַ֖יִם אֶל־עִ֥יר נָחֽוֹר): V-M
• The second prepositional clause is appositional to the first.
• The region of ארם נהרים is mentioned five times in the MT, cf. Deuteronomy 23:5 (Balaam’s hometown); Judges 3:8 (dominion of King Cushan-rishathaim); 1Ch 19:6 (purveyor of horsemen and chariots along with ארם מעכה Aram-maacah and צובה Zobah); Ps 60:2 (fought in battle with ארם צובה Aram-zobah).

Verse 11

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ הַגְּמַלִּ֛ים מִח֥וּץ לָעִ֖יר אֶל־בְּאֵ֣ר הַמָּ֑יִם לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב לְעֵ֖ת צֵ֥את הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת): V-O-M
• The subject is Abraham’s servant.
• The Hiphil verb is causative—“he caused the camels to kneel down.”
• The final phrase is in apposition to the previous temporal phrase, לעת ערב.
• Embedded Typology A (לְעֵ֖ת צֵ֥את הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת): M-V-S
• This clause explicates the evening as the time for drawing water from the well.

Verse 12

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיֹּאמַ֓ר ׀ יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם הַקְרֵה־נָ֥א לְפָנַ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם וַעֲשֵׂה־חֶ֕סֶד עִ֖ם אֲדֹנִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם): V-O
• The object is direct speech.
• Embedded Typology A (יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם הַקְרֵה־נָ֥א לְפָנַ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם): S-V-M
• The initial apposition and construct phrase is a vocative of address.
• The article with יום is understood as “this day” or “today.”
• Embedded Typology B (וַעֲשֵׂה־חֶ֕סֶד עִ֖ם אֲדֹנִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם): V-O-M
• The term, חסד, implies “faithful love” or “covenantal fidelity.”
• The preposition, עִם, can show the direction of the action—“to my lord, Abraham.”

Verse 13

• Sentence Typology 1 (הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב עַל־עֵ֣ין הַמָּ֑יִם): S-V-M
• The Niphal participle is used periphrastically as a finite verb.
• The verb is used sequence with עַל meaning “by, on.”
• Sentence Typology 1 (וּבְנוֹת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֔יר יֹצְאֹ֖ת לִשְׁאֹ֥ב מָֽיִם): S-V-M
• The subject is a three-member construct phrase, בנות אנשׁי העיר.
• Embedded Typology A (לִשְׁאֹ֥ב מָֽיִם): V-O

Verse 14

• Sentence Typology 1 (וְהָיָ֣ה הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֹמַ֤ר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ הַטִּי־נָ֤א כַדֵּךְ֙): V
• The introductory clause is והיה “now may it be that.”
• Embedded Typology A (אֹמַ֤ר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙): V-IO-O
• The object is direct speech.
• Embedded Typology i (הַטִּי־נָ֤א כַדֵּךְ֙): V-O
• Only the middle radical of the root is extant as the R-1 nun has assimilated and the final he elided.
• Sentence Typology 2 (וְאֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה): V
• Sentence Typology 3 (וְאָמְרָ֣ה שְׁתֵ֔ה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ): V-O
• The waw-consecutive perfect here represents a simple future (GKC 112p).
• The object is direct speech.
• Embedded Typology A (שְׁתֵ֔ה): V
• Embedded Typology B (וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ אַשְׁקֶ֑ה): O-V
• Sentence Typology 4 (אֹתָ֤הּ הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙ לְעַבְדְּךָ֣ לְיִצְחָ֔ק): S-V-[O]-M
• The implied object is הנער from the beginning of the verse.
• Sentence Typology 5 (וּבָ֣הּ אֵדַ֔ע כִּי־עָשִׂ֥יתָ חֶ֖סֶד עִם־אֲדֹנִֽי): M-V-O
• The clause initial phrase, בָהּ “by this,” refers to the previous situation, i.e. verbal clause (GKC 135p).
• The object is the following כִּי clause.
• Embedded Typology A (כִּי־עָשִׂ֥יתָ חֶ֖סֶד עִם־אֲדֹנִֽי): V-O-M

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