Bible Strands
Genesis 24:28
The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes Rebekah, the young woman who just met Abraham’s servant at the well, immediately running to inform her mother’s household about the events that transpired. This action follows the servant’s recounting of his prayer and its fulfillment, and precedes her brother Laban’s departure to meet the stranger.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַתָּרָץ (va.tā.rāṣ) translates literally to “and she ran,” emphasizing swift movement, while וַתַּגֵּד (va.tag.gēḏ) means “and she told,” marking the direct reporting of the servant’s account.
The thread — The pattern of immediate household response and familial negotiation appears in Genesis 24:55 when Rebekah’s mother and brother request a ten-day stay, and in Genesis 24:67 when Isaac brings her into his mother Sarah’s tent.
Why it lands — The text records a factual sequence of movement and communication, requiring the reader to observe how a specific report initiates household deliberation without prescribing emotional or theological conclusions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
Cross-references
- Genesis 24:48 Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
- Genesis 24:55 But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
- Genesis 24:67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Genesis 31:33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.