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BrLXXἘγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι τὸν παῖδα τοῦ Ἁβραὰμ τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτῶν, προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τῷ κυρίῳ. (Egeneto de en tōi akousai ton paida tou Habraʼam tōn ɽaʸmatōn autōn, prosekunaʸsen epi taʸn gaʸn tōi kuriōi. )
BrTrAnd it came to pass when the servant of Abraam heard these words, he bowed himself to the Lord down to the earth.
ULTThen it happened, when the servant of Abraham heard their words, then he bowed down to the ground before Yahweh.
USTWhen Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed to the ground and thanked Yahweh.
BSB § When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
OEBWhen Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed to the ground before the Lord.
WEBBEWhen Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to the LORD.
JPSAnd it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the LORD.
ASVAnd it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.
DRAWhich when Abraham’s servant heard, falling down to the ground he adored the Lord.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, when the servant of Abraham hath heard their words, that he boweth himself towards the earth before Jehovah;
DrbyAnd it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he bowed down to the earth before Jehovah.
RVAnd it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the LORD.
WbstrAnd it came to pass, that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
KJB-1769And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
KJB-1611And it came to passe, that when Abrahams seruant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himselfe to the earth. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
BshpsAnd when Abrahams seruaunt heard theyr wordes, he worshipped the Lord, bowyng hym selfe towarde the earth. (And when Abrahams servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowyng himself towarde the earth.)
GnvaAnd when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord. (And when Abrahams servant heard their words, he bowed himself toward the earth unto the Lord. )
CvdlWhen Abrahams seruaunt herde these wordes, he bowed him self vnto the LORDE flat vpon the earth, (When Abrahams servant heard these words, he bowed him self unto the LORD flat upon the earth,)
WyclAnd whanne the child of Abraham hadde herd this, he felde doun, and worschipide the Lord in erthe. (And when the child of Abraham had heard this, he field down, and worshipped the Lord in earth.)
LuthDa diese Worte hörete Abrahams Knecht, bückte er sich dem HErr’s zu der Erde. (So this/these words heard Abrahams Knecht, bückte he itself/yourself/themselves to_him LORD’s to the/of_the earth.)
ClVgQuod cum audisset puer Abraham, procidens adoravit in terram Dominum. (That when/with audisset puer Abraham, procidens adoravit in the_earth/land Dominum. )
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).
and=he/it_was just=as heard servant ʼAⱱrāhām's DOM words,their
The phrase Then it happened introduces the climax of the chapter, when the servant responds to hearing that Yahweh has fulfilled his prayer to find a wife for Isaac. Do what is natural in your language.
See how you translated bowed down in verse 48. Notice that here in verse 52, the phrase to the ground is explicit and emphasized. Alternate translation: “he bowed low to the ground and praised Yahweh.”
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.
