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BshpsLo, I stande here by the well of water, and the daughters of the me of this citie come out to drawe water: (Lo, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the me of this city come out to drawe water:)
GnvaLo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water. (Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this city come out to drawe water. )
CvdlLo, I stonde here besyde the well of water, & the mens doughters of this cite wyll come forth to drawe water: (Lo, I stand here beside the well of water, and the mens daughters of this cite will come forth to drawe water:)
WyclLo! Y stonde nyy the welle of watir, and the douytris of enhabiters of this citee schulen go out to drawe watir; (Lo! I stand nigh/near the welle of water, and the daughters of enhabiters of this city should go out to drawe water;)
LuthSiehe, ich stehe hie bei dem Wasserbrunnen, und der Leute Töchter in dieser Stadt werden herauskommen, Wasser zu schöpfen. (See, I stehe here at to_him waterbrunnen, and the/of_the Leute Töchter in dieser city become herauskommen, water to schöpfen.)
ClVgEcce ego sto prope fontem aquæ, et filiæ habitatorum hujus civitatis egredientur ad hauriendam aquam. (Behold I sto prope fontem aquæ, and daughters habitatorum huyus of_the_city egredientur to hauriendam waterm. )
24:1-67 Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah ensured that God’s plan would continue into the next generation. God showed covenant faithfulness by working through his faithful people (24:12, 27, 49).
see/lo/see! I standing on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in
Make sure in your translation that what Abraham’s servant says here to Yahweh sounds polite and respectful, not rude, demanding, or complaining. Also, he is not telling God something that God did not already know. Alternate translation: “Look here I am, standing near” or “As you know, I am standing here beside”
עֵ֣ין הַמָּ֑יִם
spring the=waters
The phrase spring of water (here and in verse 16) refers to the same well that is referred to in verses 11 and 20, which means that this was probably a spring-fed well. Some translation teams use only one term to refer to this spring or well throughout this chapter in order to prevent confusion. Decide what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “this spring-fed well,”
וּבְנוֹת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֔יר
and,daughters men_of the=city
Alternate translation: “and the daughters of the townspeople” or “and the young women of the city”
יֹצְאֹ֖ת לִשְׁאֹ֥ב מָֽיִם
coming_out to,draw water
See how you translated “draw/get water” in verse 11. Alternate translation: “are coming out here to get water.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
