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May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies.” <a href="/esv/genesis/24.htm">English Standard Version</a> And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!” <a href="/bsb/genesis/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And 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.” <a href="/kjv/genesis/24.htm">King James Bible</a> And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/24.htm">New King James Version</a> And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: “Our sister, may you become The mother of thousands of ten thousands; And may your descendants possess The gates of those who hate them.” <a href="/nasb_/genesis/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them.” <a href="/nasb/genesis/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> They blessed Rebekah and said to her, &#8220May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/genesis/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them.” <a href="/lsb/genesis/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your seed possess The gate of those who hate him.” <a href="/amp/genesis/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess (conquer) The [city] gate of those who hate them.” <a href="/csb/genesis/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the city gates of their enemies. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies. <a href="/asv/genesis/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them. <a href="/cev/genesis/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, "We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies." <a href="/erv/genesis/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. <a href="/gwt/genesis/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They gave Rebekah a blessing: "May you, our sister, become the mother of many thousands of children. May your descendants take possession of their enemies' cities." <a href="/gnt/genesis/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: "May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!" <a href="/isv/genesis/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> As they were leaving, they all blessed Rebekah by saying, "Our sister, may you become the mother of tens of millions! May your descendants take over the city gates of those who hate them." <a href="/msb/genesis/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And 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.? <a href="/net/genesis/24.htm">NET Bible</a> They blessed Rebekah with these words: "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies." <a href="/nheb/genesis/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them." <a href="/wbt/genesis/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them. <a href="/web/genesis/24.htm">World English Bible</a> They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, “You [are] our sister; become thousands of myriads, and your seed possesses the gate of those hating it.” <a href="/ylt/genesis/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, 'Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.' <a href="/slt/genesis/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will bless Rebekah and will say to her, Thou our sister; be thou into thousands of ten thousands, and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands, and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> wishing prosperity for their sister, by saying: “You are our sister. May you increase to thousands of thousands. And may your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.” <a href="/nabre/genesis/24.htm">New American Bible</a> They blessed Rebekah and said: “Sister, may you grow into thousands of myriads; And may your descendants gain possession of the gates of their enemies!” <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they blessed Rebekah their sister, and said to her, You are our sister, be the mother of thousands and of millions, and let your descendants inherit the lands of their enemies. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they blessed Raphqa their sister and they said to her, “Our sister, you will be for a thousand and for ten thousands, and your seed will inherit the lands of its enemies.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her: 'Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.' <a href="/sep/genesis/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies. <a href="/parallel/genesis/24-60.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=5693" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/24.htm">Rebekah is Chosen</a> …59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60<a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: way·ḇā·ră·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">And they blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7259.htm" title="7259: riḇ·qāh (N-proper-fs) -- Wife of Isaac. From an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock; fettering; Ribkah, the wife of Isaac.">Rebekah</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">to her,</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū (N-fsc:: 1cp) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">“Our sister,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at (Pro-2fs) -- You (masc. sing.). ">may you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hă·yî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">become the mother</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: lə·’al·p̄ê (Prep-l:: Number-mpc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">of thousands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7233.htm" title="7233: rə·ḇā·ḇāh (Number-fs) -- Multitude, myriad, ten thousand. From rabab; abundance, i.e. a myriad.">upon thousands.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘êḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">May your offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: wə·yî·raš (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">possess</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: ša·‘ar (N-msc) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">the gates</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śō·nə·’āw (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3ms) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">of their enemies.”</a> 61Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a> I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. <a href="/genesis/28-3.htm">Genesis 28:3-4</a> May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. / And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.” <a href="/genesis/17-16.htm">Genesis 17:16</a> And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.” <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a> And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a> I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” <a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3-4</a> Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, <a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Genesis 49:25-26</a> by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb. / The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers. <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11-12</a> “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. / And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.” <a href="/deuteronomy/1-11.htm">Deuteronomy 1:11</a> May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised. <a href="/numbers/24-9.htm">Numbers 24:9</a> He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.” <a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3</a> For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities. <a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a> Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. / Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. / Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate. <a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Hebrews 11:11-12</a> By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised. / And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. <a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a> The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a> For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, You are our sister, be you the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those which hate them.they.<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a> And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.<a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1</a> And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.<a href="/genesis/14-19.htm">Genesis 14:19</a> And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:be thou the mother.thousands.<a href="/daniel/7-10.htm">Daniel 7:10</a> A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.thy seed.<a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a> That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;<a href="/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46</a> And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.<a href="/deuteronomy/21-19.htm">Deuteronomy 21:19</a> Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/22-18.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/24-48.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/24-31.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/22-18.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/genesis/23-18.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/genesis/23-10.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/revelation/2-6.htm">Hating</a> <a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/revelation/9-16.htm">Millions</a> <a href="/genesis/24-55.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/genesis/22-18.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/genesis/24-59.htm">Rebekah</a> <a href="/genesis/24-7.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/24-59.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/genesis/24-55.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/revelation/14-1.htm">Thousands</a> <a href="/genesis/14-2.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/49-8.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/genesis/28-17.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/genesis/26-27.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Hating</a> <a href="/genesis/26-24.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/revelation/9-16.htm">Millions</a> <a href="/genesis/24-67.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/genesis/25-4.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/25-30.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/genesis/24-61.htm">Rebekah</a> <a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/genesis/31-7.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Thousands</a> <a href="/genesis/31-26.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 24</div>1. <a href="/genesis/24-1.htm">Abraham swears his servant.</a> 10. <a href="/genesis/24-10.htm">The servant's journey.</a> 12. <a href="/genesis/24-12.htm">His prayer.</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/24-14.htm">His sign.</a> 15. <a href="/genesis/24-15.htm">Rebekah meets him;</a> 18. <a href="/genesis/24-18.htm">fulfils his sign;</a> 22. <a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">receives jewels;</a> 23. <a href="/genesis/24-23.htm">shows her kindred;</a> 25. <a href="/genesis/24-25.htm">and invites him home.</a> 26. <a href="/genesis/24-26.htm">The servant blesses God.</a> 29. <a href="/genesis/24-29.htm">Laban entertains him.</a> 34. <a href="/genesis/24-34.htm">The servant shows his message.</a> 50. <a href="/genesis/24-50.htm">Laban and Bethuel approve it.</a> 58. <a href="/genesis/24-58.htm">Rebekah consents to go, and departs.</a> 62. <a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">Isaac meets and marries her.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Blessings in ancient Near Eastern culture were significant, often seen as prophetic or invoking divine favor. The act of blessing here signifies the family's hope and prayer for Rebekah's future prosperity and success in her new life.“Our sister, Referring to Rebekah as "our sister" emphasizes the familial bond and affection her family holds for her. It also highlights the importance of family ties in the patriarchal society of the time, where family identity and lineage were crucial.may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. This phrase is a wish for Rebekah to have numerous descendants, reflecting the cultural value placed on fertility and large families. It echoes God's promise to Abraham in <a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">Genesis 17:5-6</a>, where God promises that Abraham will be the father of many nations. Rebekah's role as a matriarch is crucial in the continuation of the Abrahamic covenant.May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.” Possessing the gates of one's enemies symbolizes victory and dominion. In ancient cities, gates were strategic points of defense and control. This blessing anticipates the future success and dominance of Rebekah's descendants, aligning with God's promise to Abraham in <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a>, where God assures that his offspring will possess the gates of their enemies. This foreshadows the eventual establishment of Israel as a nation and its victories over surrounding peoples.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/r/rebekah.htm">Rebekah</a> The central figure in this verse, Rebekah is about to leave her family to marry Isaac. She is blessed by her family with a prophetic blessing that speaks to her future role as a matriarch. 2. <a href="/topical/r/rebekah's_family.htm">Rebekah's Family</a> They play a significant role in this event, offering a blessing that reflects both their hopes and the cultural importance of lineage and victory over enemies. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_blessing.htm">The Blessing</a> This event is a formal sending-off, where Rebekah's family imparts a blessing that is both a prayer and a prophecy, reflecting the divine promise of numerous descendants and victory.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_blessing.htm">The Power of Blessing</a> The words spoken over Rebekah highlight the importance of blessings in biblical times. They were not mere wishes but carried prophetic weight and divine intention. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Rebekah's journey is a step of faith, trusting in the promises of God as she leaves her family. This teaches us to trust in God's plans even when the future is uncertain. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a> The blessing speaks to the impact one person can have on future generations. Our actions and faith today can influence countless lives in the future. <a href="/topical/v/victory_through_god.htm">Victory Through God</a> The mention of possessing the gates of enemies signifies victory and protection, reminding believers that true victory comes through God's power and promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 24</a> <a href="/q/who_is_rebekah_in_the_bible.htm">Who is Rebekah in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_jacob,_also_known_as_israel.htm">Who is Jacob, also known as Israel?</a> <a href="/q/can_rebekah_water_10_camels_alone.htm">How realistic is it for Rebekah to singlehandedly draw enough water for ten camels (Genesis 24:14-20), given the demands of daily chores?</a> <a href="/q/does_isaac's_lie_in_gen_26_7_mirror_abraham's.htm">In Genesis 26:7, does Isaac's deception about Rebekah mirror Abraham's story too closely, suggesting the same incident was repeated or borrowed?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(60) Thousands of millions.--Heb., thousands of ten thousands. A million was a number which at this early period the Hebrews had no means of expressing. The blessing contains two parts: the first, the hope of fruitfulness founded on the primaeval command (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm" title="And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.">Genesis 1:28</a>); the second, that of victory in war (see <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm" title="That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;">Genesis 22:17</a>). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/24-60.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And they blessed וַיְבָרֲכ֤וּ (way·ḇā·ră·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse Rebekah רִבְקָה֙ (riḇ·qāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7259.htm">Strong's 7259: </a> Rebekah -- wife of Isaac and said וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to her, לָ֔הּ (lāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> “Our sister, אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ (’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> Sister -- a sister may you אַ֥תְּ (’at) Pronoun - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you become the mother הֲיִ֖י (hă·yî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be of thousands לְאַלְפֵ֣י (lə·’al·p̄ê) Preposition-l | Number - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand upon thousands. רְבָבָ֑ה (rə·ḇā·ḇāh) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7233.htm">Strong's 7233: </a> Multitude, myriad, ten thousand May your offspring זַרְעֵ֔ךְ (zar·‘êḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity possess וְיִירַ֣שׁ (wə·yî·raš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin the gates שַׁ֥עַר (ša·‘ar) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate of their enemies.” שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃ (śō·nə·’āw) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> To hate <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">OT Law: Genesis 24:60 They blessed Rebekah and said to her (Gen. 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