TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 7 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
Read word by wordAnd if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
Read word by wordSo the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
Read word by wordAs evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
Read word by word“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Read word by wordHere I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
Read word by wordNow may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
Read word by wordBefore the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Read word by wordSo the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
Read word by wordAfter she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
Read word by wordAnd she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
Read word by wordAnd after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Read word by word“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
Read word by wordShe replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
Read word by wordThen she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
Read word by wordThen the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
Read word by wordThe girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
Read word by wordNow Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
Read word by wordAs soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
Read word by word“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
Read word by wordSo the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
Read word by wordThen a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
Read word by word“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
Read word by wordMy master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
Read word by wordMy master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
Read word by wordbut you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
Read word by wordAnd he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
Read word by wordAnd when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
Read word by wordHere I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
Read word by wordand she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
Read word by wordAnd before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
Read word by wordThen I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
Read word by wordThen I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Read word by wordNow if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
Read word by wordRebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
Read word by wordWhen Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
Read word by wordThen he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
Read word by wordThen he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
Read word by wordBut he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
Read word by wordSo they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
Read word by wordThey called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
Read word by wordAnd they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
Read word by wordEarly in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
Read word by wordand asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
Read word by wordThen the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
Read word by wordAnd Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Read word by wordand she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Read word by wordAbraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
Read word by wordBut while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
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