Genesis 24:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.”

Genesis 24:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:1019 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

עֲשָׂרָהʿăśārāhTen

גְמַלִּיםgəmalîmCamel

מִגְּמַלֵּיmigəmalêFrom camel

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

טוּבṭûvGood

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

אֶלʾelNear

אֲרַםʾăram—

נַהֲרַיִםnahărayimAram

אֶלʾelNear

עִירʿîrCity

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

עֲשָׂרָהʿăśārāhTen

גְמַלִּיםgəmalîmCamel

מִגְּמַלֵּיmigəmalêFrom camel

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

טוּבṭûvGood

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

אֶלʾelNear

אֲרַםʾăramdirect object marker (no translation)

נַהֲרַיִםnahărayimAram

אֶלʾelNear

עִירʿîrCity

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

Explore community notes on Genesis 24:10

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →