King James Version
Genesis 24:42 in the King James Version says “And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:”
Genesis 24:42 · KJV
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“unto the well”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“if now thou do”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“prosper”
H6743to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
“my way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which I go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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