InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Gen C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50
Gen 24 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61 V64 V67
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abraham · God
Dictionary: Abraham
OET-LV And_he_said Oh_YHWH the_god_of my_master ʼAⱱrāhām make_happen please to/for_my_face/front the_day and_do covenant_loyalty with my_master ʼAⱱrāhām.
OET (OET-RV) and he prayed, “Yahweh, God of my master Avraham, please cause it to happen right in front of me today that you show kindness toward my master Avraham.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
הַקְרֵה־נָ֥א לְפָנַ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם וַעֲשֵׂה־חֶ֕סֶד עִ֖ם אֲדֹנִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם
grant_~_success now to/for=my=face/front the=day (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_said YHWH god_of my=master ʼAⱱrāhām grant_~_success now to/for=my=face/front the=day and,do kindness with my=master ʼAⱱrāhām )
For some languages it may be clearer and more natural to change the order of the clauses in this sentence: [please be gracious to my master by helping me succeed today] or [please show your kindness to my master today by helping me find a woman for his son to marry]
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּאמַ֓ר
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_said YHWH god_of my=master ʼAⱱrāhām grant_~_success now to/for=my=face/front the=day and,do kindness with my=master ʼAⱱrāhām )
The term said introduces a direct quotation. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. It may not be necessary to represent this term explicitly. Alternate translation: [Then he began to pray, saying]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם
god_of my=master ʼAⱱrāhām
The servant is using this possessive form to mean that God is the deity whom his master worships. The possessive form does not mean that Abraham owns God. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the God whom my master worships]
הַקְרֵה־נָ֥א לְפָנַ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם
grant_~_success now to/for=my=face/front the=day
Alternate translation: [please help me do what I have come here to do today]
אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם
god_of my=master ʼAⱱrāhām
Alternate translation: [who is the God whom my master Abraham serves]
יְהוָ֗ה
YHWH
Consider what is the best way to begin this prayer in your language. Alternate translation: [Oh Yahweh]
OET-LV And_he_said Oh_YHWH the_god_of my_master ʼAⱱrāhām make_happen please to/for_my_face/front the_day and_do covenant_loyalty with my_master ʼAⱱrāhām.
OET (OET-RV) and he prayed, “Yahweh, God of my master Avraham, please cause it to happen right in front of me today that you show kindness toward my master Avraham.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.