Genesis 24:51

24:51 Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become ¹  the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.” ² 

Genesis 24:60

24:60 They blessed Rebekah with these words: ³ 

“Our sister, may you become the mother ⁴  of thousands of ten thousands!

May your descendants possess the strongholds ⁵  of their enemies.”

Genesis 24:67

24:67 Then Isaac brought Rebekah ⁶  into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her ⁷  as his wife and loved her. ⁸  So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Following the imperatives, the jussive with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

² tn Heb “as the Lord has spoken.”

³ tn Heb “and said to her.”

⁴ tn Heb “become thousands of ten thousands.”

sn May you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands. The blessing expresses their prayer that she produce children and start a family line that will greatly increase (cf. Gen 17:16).

⁵ tn Heb “gate,” which here stands for a walled city. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the main area of defense (hence the translation “stronghold”). A similar phrase occurs in Gen 22:17.

⁶ tn Heb “her”; the referent has been specified here in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “Rebekah”; here the proper name was replaced by the pronoun (“her”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Heb “and he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her.”

⁹ tn Heb “after his mother.” This must refer to Sarah’s death.