The Meaning of Genesis 24:19 Explained

Genesis 24:19

KJV: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

YLT: And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, 'Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;'

Darby: And when she had given him enough to drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough.

ASV: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when she had done  giving him drink,  she said,  I will draw  [water] for thy camels  also, until they have done  drinking. 

What does Genesis 24:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 24:10-27 - Rebekah Meets Abraham's Servant
As we enter upon a new day, or a fresh undertaking, it is always wise and right to ask for good-speed. Good-speed is God-speed. Praying times are not lost times. The reaper saves time when he stops to whet his scythe. Eliezer had learned a sincere respect for his master's piety, and felt that his name was a sure talisman with God. How much more may we ask in the name of Jesus! John 14:13. What a concentration of heaven-contrived circumstances gathered around this event! Abraham planning, the servant praying and waiting expectantly, the Angel of God leading, the very camels kneeling patiently beside the well as though they counted on the troughs being filled, the damsel coming at the precise hour! It is thus that all our daily life might be aglow with the presence and help of God. Such things take place, but, alas, our eyes are holden! Compare prosper in Genesis 24:21; Genesis 24:40; Genesis 24:42; Genesis 24:56, with Psalms 1:3. See Acts 10:17. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 24

1  Abraham swears his servant
10  The servant's journey
12  His prayer
14  His sign
15  Rebekah meets him;
18  fulfils his sign;
22  receives jewels;
23  shows her kindred;
25  and invites him home
26  The servant blesses God
29  Laban entertains him
34  The servant shows his message
50  Laban and Bethuel approve it
58  Rebekah consents to go, and departs
62  Isaac meets and marries her

What do the individual words in Genesis 24:19 mean?

And when she had finished giving him a drink then she said also for your camels I will draw [water] until when they have finished drinking
וַתְּכַ֖ל לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר גַּ֤ם לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ אֶשְׁאָ֔ב עַ֥ד אִם־ כִּלּ֖וּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת

וַתְּכַ֖ל  And  when  she  had  finished 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹ  giving  him  a  drink 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁקָה  
Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר  then  she  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
גַּ֤ם  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙  for  your  camels 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּמָל  
Sense: camel.
אֶשְׁאָ֔ב  I  will  draw  [water] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁאַב  
Sense: to draw (water).
עַ֥ד  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
כִּלּ֖וּ  they  have  finished 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
לִשְׁתֹּֽת  drinking 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.

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