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רבקה על הבאר

Rivka at the Well

He made the camels kneel outside the city, at the hour the women came out to draw.

וַיַּבְרֵךְ הַגְּמַלִּים מִחוּץ לָעִיר אֶל בְּאֵר הַמָּיִם לְעֵת עֶרֶב לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת׃

בראשית כד:יא

"And he made the camels kneel outside the city, at the well of water, at evening, at the time the women come out to draw."

Bereishis 24:11

She came to draw. The midrash says the water rose out of the well to meet her.

וַתְּמַלֵּא כַדָּהּ וַתָּעַל׃

בראשית כד:טז

"And she filled her pitcher and came up."

Bereishis 24:16

Then she drew for the camels too. All ten of them, until they finished.

וַתְּמַהֵר וַתְּעַר כַּדָּהּ אֶל הַשֹּׁקֶת וַתָּרׇץ עוֹד אֶל הַבְּאֵר לִשְׁאֹב וַתִּשְׁאַב לְכׇל גְּמַלָּיו׃

בראשית כד:כ

"And she hurried and emptied her pitcher into the trough and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels."

Bereishis 24:20

He gave her the gold before he asked her name.

וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָם׃

בראשית כד:כב

"And when the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her hands, ten of gold in weight."

Bereishis 24:22

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