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    "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z",
    "language": "en",
    "book": "genesis-woh",
    "chapter": 24
  },
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    "n": 24,
    "bookSlug": "genesis-woh",
    "bookCode": "GEN-WOH",
    "refId": "",
    "title": "Genesis 24 — The servant's mission to Aram-Naharaim and the betrothal of Rivkah",
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Verified against source: imperative + politeness particle + noun-construct correctly rendered.","citations":["Sarna *JPS Genesis* p. 163","Westermann *Genesis 12-36* p. 384","Wenham *WBC* p. 141","Hamilton *NICOT* pp. 139-140","Speiser *AB* p. 178","Malul 1985 *VT* 35","Hill 1967 *JBL* 86","BDB s.v. *yarekh* p. 437; HALOT s.v. *yarekh*"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:3","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Article-bearing *Elohim* construct rendered per established WoH policy ('the Elohim of the heavens and the Elohim of the earth'); the late-period vs. diplomatic-context dating question is held in apparatus, not in text. Defensible reading.","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 164","Westermann *Genesis 12-36* pp. 384-385","Hamilton *NICOT* pp. 138-139","Wenham *WBC* p. 140"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:4","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Eretz* and *moledet* correctly rendered 'land' and 'kindred' (ASV register; HALOT *moledet* I.2)."},{"refId":"GEN-24:5","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *He-hashev ashiv* infinitive-absolute emphatic construction captured by 'Must I needs bring' (ASV register; standard rendering of inf-abs + finite verb)."},{"refId":"GEN-24:6","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Hishamer lekha pen* clause idiomatically rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:7","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. The Editor's call NOT to extend the *lekh-lekha* glossary entry to v 7 is correct: the lexeme itself is absent, only the thematic cross-reference to Gen 12:1-4 is present. *Zera-eretz-promise* covers the explicit promise formula.","citations":["Westermann pp. 384-385","Sarna *JPS* p. 164"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:8","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Niphal *v-niqqita* correctly rendered 'you shall be clear' (HALOT s.v. *naqah* niphal)."},{"refId":"GEN-24:9","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified; mirrors v 2 with the gesture executed. *Yereki* / *yerekh* same lexeme; consistent rendering."},{"refId":"GEN-24:10","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Tuv adonav* rendered 'goodly things' (BDB s.v. *tuv* — 'best, choicest'). The *camel-anachronism* glossary is correctly applied (the well-known mid-2nd-millennium chronology issue is documented elsewhere in the glossary)."},{"refId":"GEN-24:11","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Va-yavrekh* (hiphil *b-r-k* II) 'made kneel down' is correct (HALOT distinguishes *b-r-k* I 'bless' from *b-r-k* II 'kneel')."},{"refId":"GEN-24:12","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Chesed* preserved untranslated per established WoH lexeme-policy on theologically-loaded terms; *haqreh-na* (hiphil *q-r-h*) 'grant me good speed' is the ASV idiom — HALOT s.v. *qarah* hiphil 'cause to meet, grant a favorable encounter'. The first-non-patriarch prose-prayer claim is documentary.","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 165","Greenberg *Biblical Prose Prayer* 1983 pp. 7-12","Miller *They Cried to the Lord* 1994 pp. 100-105"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:13","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Standard rendering of the participial-conditional set-up for the sign-test."},{"refId":"GEN-24:14","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Hiphil *hokhachta* (y-k-ch hiphil) rendered 'have appointed' is correct (BDB y-k-ch hiphil 4: 'decide, adjudge, appoint'; HALOT y-k-ch hiphil). The sign-test formula reading is mainstream form-criticism.","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 165","Westermann pp. 385-386","BDB y-k-ch hiphil p. 406"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:15","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Terem killah ledabber* + *v-hinneh* narrative-coincidence formula correctly rendered. Genealogical parenthetical preserved."},{"refId":"GEN-24:16","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Tovat mar'eh* 'fair to look upon' (ASV idiom); *betulah v-ish lo yeda'ah* virginity-formula correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:17","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Hiphil *hagmi'ini* (g-m-' hiphil) 'let me drink/sip' is a HB hapax for that exact form; ASV's 'Give me to drink' is captured."},{"refId":"GEN-24:18","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Wayyiqtol chain rendered cleanly."},{"refId":"GEN-24:19","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Ad im-killu* idiomatic 'until they have finished' correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:20","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Shoqet* (drinking-trough) standard rendering."},{"refId":"GEN-24:21","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Hithpael *mishta'eh* (sh-'-h) — disputed root but 'gazing at her in silence' is the ASV consensus reading (HALOT s.v. *sh-'-h* I/II)."},{"refId":"GEN-24:22","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Beqa* = half-shekel correctly rendered (Exod 38:26 provides the explicit equivalence). 'Ten shekels weight of gold' supplies the implicit *shekel* unit, which is the modern consensus reading; the v 22 weight-economy framing is documentary.","citations":["Exod 38:26 (explicit *beqa = machatzit ha-shekel*)","Kletter 1998 *Economic Keystones*","Powell ABD s.v. 'Weights and Measures'","HALOT s.v. *beqa*"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:23","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Bat-mi at* and *halin* (qal infinitive *l-w-n*) correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:24","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Genealogical formula matches MT exactly."},{"refId":"GEN-24:25","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Teven* (straw) + *mispo* (fodder) is the standard ANE-stabling vocabulary."},{"refId":"GEN-24:26","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Va-yiqod ... va-yishtachu* (q-d-d + sh-ch-h hishtaphel) double-prostration formula correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:27","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Chesed v-emet* virtue-pair: *chesed* preserved untranslated per WoH lexeme-policy; *emet* rendered 'truth'. The first HB occurrence claim is documentary (verifiable by lexical search); the Exod 34:6 keystone reading is mainstream. Sakenfeld refinement of Glueck is the modern critical consensus.","citations":["Glueck *Das Wort Hesed* 1927 / ET 1967","Sakenfeld *The Meaning of Hesed in the Hebrew Bible* HSM 17 (1978)","Clark *The Word Hesed in the Hebrew Bible* JSOTSup 157 (1993)","Sarna *JPS* p. 166","TDOT V:44-64"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:28","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Beit imah* (mother's house) — the matrilocal-register noun-phrase well-attested in Song 3:4, 8:2; consistent with the chapter's female-domain framing."},{"refId":"GEN-24:29","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Lavan's introduction correct."},{"refId":"GEN-24:30","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Kir'oto + kshomo* infinitive-construct cascade correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:31","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Barukh YHWH* hospitality-formula correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:32","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Piel *va-yefatach* (p-t-ch) 'unloaded' (HALOT p-t-ch piel: 'loosen, ungird') correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:33","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Ketiv ויישם / qere וַיּוּשַׂם handled per standard MT practice (qere followed); rendered as ASV's passive 'And there was set'. The Editor's note on this being the chapter's only ketiv/qere is correct."},{"refId":"GEN-24:34","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Self-identification formula 'eved Avraham anokhi' correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:35","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; *va-yigdal* 'become great' standard; livestock-and-precious-metal inventory rendered correctly. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:36","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; *acharei ziqnatah* 'when she was old' correct. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:37","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors v 3 with *b-artzo* substituted for *b-qirbo*. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:38","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors v 4 condensed. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:39","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors v 5 condensed (*ulai lo telekh*). Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:40","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors v 7 with *hithalakhti l-fanav* substituted for *l-qachani*. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:41","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors v 8 with *tinnakeh me-alati* substituted for *v-niqqita mi-shvuati*. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:42","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; Rephrased prayer-opening; conditional *im-yeshkha-na* correctly rendered. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:43","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; *ha-almah* (maiden) substituted for v 13's *bnot anshei ha-ir*; the *almah/na'arah/btulah* trio is a known editorial-stylistic variation. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:44","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors v 14 condensed; *hokhi'ach* (y-k-ch hiphil) consistent. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:45","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; *tedabber el-libbi* 'speaking in my heart' — internal-speech idiom correctly rendered. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:46","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors vv 18-19 condensed. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:47","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; Genealogical question now placed AFTER the ring-giving (vs v 22 BEFORE) — well-known editorial variation in the recitation, defensible reading per Alter on biblical type-scene technique. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:48","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors v 26-27 condensed; *derekh emet* 'right way' correctly rendered. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:49","status":"approve","reasoning":"Recitation-block — verified against source and against the corresponding vv 1-27 lexemes; mirrors the v 27 prayer; *chesed v-emet* consistent with v 27 rendering. Type-scene retelling defensible per Alter *Five Books of Moses* pp. 119-121."},{"refId":"GEN-24:50","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Me-YHWH yatza ha-davar* providence-formula correctly rendered. The Lavan-before-Bethuel order and the Nuzi brother-as-agnate-protector reading are documented in commentary; the Westermann interpolation alternative is also flagged. Defensible.","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 167","Westermann p. 387","Speiser *AB* p. 181","Greengus 1975 *JAOS* 95 (critical review of Nuzi parallels)","Eichler 1989 *JANES* 18"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:51","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Qach va-lekh* imperative-pair correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:52","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Va-yishtachu artzah* (sh-ch-h hishtaphel + adverbial) correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:53","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Migdanot* (precious gifts) — rare HB lexeme; recurs at 2 Chr 21:3, 32:23; Ezra 1:6 (HALOT s.v. *migdanot*: 'precious gifts'). ASV's 'precious things' acceptable."},{"refId":"GEN-24:54","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Shallechuni* (sh-l-ch piel impv 1cs suffix) correctly rendered 'send me away'."},{"refId":"GEN-24:55","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Yamim o asor* idiomatic 'a few days or ten' — the *o* here is mildly disputed (could be 'some days, even ten' vs. 'days or a ten-period'); ASV's 'a few days, at least ten' is the consensus rendering. Defensible."},{"refId":"GEN-24:56","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Al t'acharu oti* — piel 'delay' correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:57","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Nishalah et-piha* idiomatic 'ask her own mouth' (consult her) correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:58","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Direct-speech consent formula 'elekh' rendered 'I will go'."},{"refId":"GEN-24:59","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Meniqtah* (nurse) — the nurse Deborah of Gen 35:8 is generally identified with this figure (Sarna)."},{"refId":"GEN-24:60","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. The matriarchal-blessing formula *l-alfei revavah* + *v-yiyrash zar'ekh et sha'ar son'av*: the latter is a clear feminine-pronoun echo of Gen 22:17's *v-yiyrash zar'akha et sha'ar oyvav*. The Ruth 4:11-12 canonical-recurrence is documentary. ASV's 'be thou the mother of thousands of millions' modernized to 'may you become thousands of ten thousands' — defensible.","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 169","Westermann p. 387","Hamilton *NICOT* pp. 148-149","Alter p. 122","Ruth 4:11-12 (canonical-recurrence)","Trible *God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality* (OBT, 1978) pp. 27-31"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:61","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Va-tirkabnah al-ha-gemalim* (q-l qatal 3fp + on-camels) correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:62","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Be'er Lachai Ro'i* preserved as proper noun; *eretz ha-Negev* correctly rendered."},{"refId":"GEN-24:63","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *La-suach* is a HB hapax; ASV/Vulgate's 'to meditate' chosen as the editorially-conservative default. The six-reading documentation (incl. Vulgate, LXX, Targum Onkelos, Rashi, b. Berakhot 26b, Speiser, NRSV) is mainstream. The rabbinic-canonical Minchah-institution reading (b. Berakhot 26b) is appropriately surfaced in apparatus without being preempted in the text. Defensible.","citations":["Vulgate *ad meditandum*","LXX *adoleschēsai*","Targum Onkelos *l-tzala'ah*","Rashi at Gen 24:63","b. Berakhot 26b","Speiser *AB* p. 182","Westermann p. 388","HALOT s.v. *suach / siach*","BDB *suach* p. 962"]},{"refId":"GEN-24:64","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Va-tippol me-al ha-gamal* — 'alighted' is the ASV softening of literal 'fell off'; defensible given the *ot* of dismounting-in-respect read by Sarna and Hamilton."},{"refId":"GEN-24:65","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Tza'if* (veil) — rare HB lexeme (also Gen 38:14, 19 — Tamar); standard rendering."},{"refId":"GEN-24:66","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. Standard wayyiqtol chain."},{"refId":"GEN-24:67","status":"approve","reasoning":"Source verified. *Ha-ohelah Sarah immo* tent-of-Sarah-his-mother (with directional *he*) correctly rendered. Nifal *va-yinnachem* (n-ch-m) consolation-formula correctly rendered. Cross-corpus n-ch-m recurrence pattern (Gen 37:35, 2 Sam 13:39, Isa 40:1) documented in commentary."}],"glossaryReview":[{"glossary_id":"yad-tachat-yarekh-oath-gesture","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 163","Westermann pp. 383-384","Wenham *WBC* p. 141","Hamilton *NICOT* pp. 139-140","Speiser *AB* p. 178","Malul 1985 *VT* 35 pp. 192-200","Hill 1967 *JBL* 86 pp. 198-201","BDB *yarekh* p. 437; HALOT s.v. *yarekh*"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: gesture explicit in MT at both GEN-24:2/9 and GEN-47:29; genital-touch euphemistic reading is modern critical consensus; Malul 1985 and Hill 1967 cited correctly; ANE-comparative gap framing is documentary fact. Cross-corpus appliesTo verified."},{"glossary_id":"yhwh-elohei-ha-shamayim-divine-name","status":"approve","citations":["Westermann pp. 384-385 (late-composition reading)","Sarna *JPS* p. 164 (diplomatic-context reading)","Hamilton *NICOT* pp. 138-139","Wenham *WBC* p. 140","Cross-corpus: Jonah 1:9, Ezra 1:2, 5:11-12, 6:9-10, 7:12-23, Neh 1:4-5, 2:4-20, Dan 2:18-44, Ps 136:26"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: formula explicit in MT; cross-corpus distribution verifiable by lexical search; both readings (late-composition per Westermann/Hamilton, diplomatic-context per Sarna/Wenham) are mainstream and presented without preemption. Article-bearing construct consistent with established WoH Elohim-policy."},{"glossary_id":"servant-prayer-test-formula","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 165 (first-non-patriarch-prayer)","Greenberg *Biblical Prose Prayer* 1983 pp. 7-12 (four-element analysis)","Miller *They Cried to the Lord* 1994 pp. 100-105","Westermann pp. 385-386","Cross-corpus sign-test: Judg 6:36-40, 1 Sam 14:8-10"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: prayer-formula explicit in MT; first-non-patriarch status verifiable; Greenberg's four-element form-critical framework is standard; Judg 6 and 1 Sam 14 sign-test cross-references are documentary."},{"glossary_id":"chesed-v-emet-steadfast-love-and-truth","status":"approve","citations":["Glueck *Das Wort Hesed* 1927 / ET 1967","Sakenfeld HSM 17 (1978)","Clark JSOTSup 157 (1993)","Exod 34:6 (canonical-keystone)","TDOT V:44-64","Moberly NIDOTTE I:427-433"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: pair explicit at GEN-24:27, 24:49 and at every cross-corpus citation; Sakenfeld refinement of Glueck is modern critical consensus; lexeme-preservation of *chesed* matches established WoH policy on *nefesh*, *Elohim*, *YHWH*, *Torah*. First-HB-occurrence claim verifiable."},{"glossary_id":"me-yhwh-yatza-ha-davar-providence-formula","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna *JPS* p. 167","Westermann p. 387","Hamilton *NICOT* pp. 147-148","Speiser *AB* p. 181","Greengus 1975 *JAOS* 95 (critical review of Nuzi parallels)","Eichler 1989 *JANES* 18"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: formula explicit in MT; *yatza* + *davar* construction verifiable by lexical search; Lavan-before-Bethuel order presented with both Nuzi-comparative (Sarna/Speiser) and interpolation (Westermann) alternatives — appropriately open, not project-distinctive synthesis."},{"glossary_id":"l-alfei-revavah-matriarchal-fertility-blessing","status":"approve","citations":["Gen 22:17 (verbal cross-reference, *v-yiyrash zar'akha et sha'ar oyvav*)","Ruth 4:11-12 (canonical-recurrence)","Sarna *JPS* p. 169","Westermann p. 387","Alter p. 122","Hamilton pp. 148-149","Trible *God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality* OBT (1978) pp. 27-31"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: formula explicit in MT; Gen 22:17 cross-reference verifiable by lexical comparison; Ruth 4:11-12 matriarchal-recurrence verifiable; structural-counterpart-to-patriarchal-triad framing documentable from lexical-pattern facts. Editor's call NOT to extend *patriarchal-seed-comparison-triad* to GEN-24:60 (different lexical register) is correct."},{"glossary_id":"la-suach-ba-sadeh-hapax","status":"approve","citations":["b. Berakhot 26b (Minchah-institution)","Vulgate *ad meditandum*","LXX *adoleschēsai*","Targum Onkelos *l-tzala'ah*","Rashi at Gen 24:63","Speiser *AB* p. 182","Westermann p. 388","HALOT s.v. *suach / siach*","BDB *suach* p. 962"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: hapax-status verifiable; six readings each documented across cited ancient/modern sources; b. Berakhot 26b Minchah-institution reading documentary in rabbinic tradition. ASV/Vulgate 'meditate' chosen as editorially-conservative default that does not preempt the rabbinic-canonical alternative; apparatus carries six-reading documentation."},{"glossary_id":"beqa-mishqal-shekel-weight-units","status":"approve","citations":["Exod 38:26 (explicit *beqa = machatzit ha-shekel*)","Kletter 1998 *Economic Keystones*","Powell ABD VI s.v. 'Weights and Measures'","HALOT s.v. *beqa* and *shekel*","BDB *beqa* p. 132; *shekel* p. 1053"],"reasoning":"claim_type=direct is defensible: weight-units explicit in MT; Exod 38:26 equivalence documentary; pre-coinage bullion-economy is the modern critical consensus historical context; Iron Age shekel-mass calibration (~11.4g) documented in Kletter 1998 and corroborated by inscribed *BQA*/*NTzP*/*PYM* weight-stones."}],"lens-leakage-flags":[],"summary":"All 67 verses approved. All 8 new glossary entries (all claim_type=direct) approved with scholarly citation. No lens leakage in the translated text: the WoH-relevant questions (Elohei ha-shamayim dating, chesed v-emet as canonical-keystone virtue-pair, matriarchal-blessing structural-counterpart, la-suach hapax six-reading dispute) are all held in the apparatus, not in the English text. The translation matches ASV register at every divergence point with the documented exception of the article-bearing *the Elohim* construct (per established WoH Elohim-policy and prior chapters). Cycle-closing chapter; recitation-block at vv 34-49 verified against vv 1-27 with the well-known editorial variations (almah/na'arah/btulah; ring-giving order at v 47 vs v 22; condensed report-voice rephrasings) — all defensible per Alter on biblical type-scene technique."}},
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:1",
        "text": "And Avraham was old, well stricken in years; and YHWH had blessed Avraham in all things."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:2",
        "text": "And Avraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh,"
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:3",
        "text": "and I will make you swear by YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens and the Elohim of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Kena'ani, among whom I dwell;"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:4",
        "text": "but you shall go to my land, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, for Yitzchaq."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:5",
        "text": "And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I needs bring your son back to the land from which you came?"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:6",
        "text": "And Avraham said to him, Beware that you do not bring my son back there."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:7",
        "text": "YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land — he will send his messenger before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:8",
        "text": "And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine; only you shall not bring my son back there."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:9",
        "text": "And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Avraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:10",
        "text": "And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed, having all goodly things of his master's in his hand. And he arose, and went to Aram-Naharayim, to the city of Nachor."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:11",
        "text": "And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:12",
        "text": "And he said, YHWH, the Elohim of my master Avraham, grant me good speed, I pray you, this day, and show chesed to my master Avraham."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:13",
        "text": "Behold, I am standing by the spring of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:14",
        "text": "Let it come to pass that the young woman to whom I shall say, Let down your jar, I pray you, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also — let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant, for Yitzchaq; and by this I shall know that you have shown chesed to my master."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:15",
        "text": "And it came to pass, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rivkah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milkah, the wife of Nachor, Avraham's brother, with her jar upon her shoulder."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:16",
        "text": "And the young woman was very fair to look upon, a virgin, and no man had known her; and she went down to the spring, and filled her jar, and came up."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:17",
        "text": "And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me drink, I pray you, a little water from your jar."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:18",
        "text": "And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hastened, and let down her jar upon her hand, and gave him drink."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:19",
        "text": "And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:20",
        "text": "And she hastened, and emptied her jar into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:21",
        "text": "And the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether YHWH had prospered his journey or not."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:22",
        "text": "And it came to pass, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,"
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:23",
        "text": "and said, Whose daughter are you? Tell me, I pray you. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:24",
        "text": "And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milkah, whom she bore to Nachor."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:25",
        "text": "She said moreover to him, We have both straw and fodder in plenty, and room to lodge in."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:26",
        "text": "And the man bowed his head, and prostrated himself before YHWH."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:27",
        "text": "And he said, Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of my master Avraham, who has not forsaken his chesed and his truth toward my master. As for me, YHWH has led me in the way to the house of my master's kin."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:28",
        "text": "And the young woman ran, and told her mother's house according to these words."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:29",
        "text": "And Rivkah had a brother, and his name was Lavan; and Lavan ran out to the man, to the spring."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:30",
        "text": "And it came to pass, when he saw the nose-ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rivkah his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me — that he came to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring."
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:31",
        "text": "And he said, Come in, you blessed of YHWH; why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels."
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:32",
        "text": "And the man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels; and he gave straw and fodder for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him."
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:33",
        "text": "And there was set before him food to eat; but he said, I will not eat until I have spoken my errand. And he said, Speak on."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:34",
        "text": "And he said, I am Avraham's servant."
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:35",
        "text": "And YHWH has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys."
      },{
        "n": 36,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:36",
        "text": "And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has."
      },{
        "n": 37,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:37",
        "text": "And my master made me swear, saying, You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Kena'ani, in whose land I dwell;"
      },{
        "n": 38,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:38",
        "text": "but you shall go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son."
      },{
        "n": 39,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:39",
        "text": "And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me."
      },{
        "n": 40,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:40",
        "text": "And he said to me, YHWH, before whom I have walked, will send his messenger with you, and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house."
      },{
        "n": 41,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:41",
        "text": "Then you shall be clear from my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they will not give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath."
      },{
        "n": 42,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:42",
        "text": "And I came this day to the spring, and said, YHWH, the Elohim of my master Avraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go,"
      },{
        "n": 43,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:43",
        "text": "Behold, I am standing by the spring of water; and let it come to pass that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your jar to drink,"
      },{
        "n": 44,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:44",
        "text": "and she shall say to me, Drink, you also, and I will also draw for your camels — let her be the woman whom YHWH has appointed for my master's son."
      },{
        "n": 45,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:45",
        "text": "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rivkah came out, with her jar on her shoulder; and she went down to the spring, and drew. And I said to her, Let me drink, I pray you."
      },{
        "n": 46,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:46",
        "text": "And she hastened, and let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also; so I drank, and she made the camels drink also."
      },{
        "n": 47,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:47",
        "text": "And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nachor's son, whom Milkah bore to him. And I put the nose-ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands."
      },{
        "n": 48,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:48",
        "text": "And I bowed my head, and prostrated myself before YHWH, and blessed YHWH, the Elohim of my master Avraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son."
      },{
        "n": 49,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:49",
        "text": "And now if you will show chesed and truth to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."
      },{
        "n": 50,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:50",
        "text": "Then Lavan and Bethuel answered and said, The matter has come forth from YHWH; we cannot speak to you bad or good."
      },{
        "n": 51,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:51",
        "text": "Behold, Rivkah is before you; take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as YHWH has spoken."
      },{
        "n": 52,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:52",
        "text": "And it came to pass, when Avraham's servant heard their words, that he prostrated himself to the ground before YHWH."
      },{
        "n": 53,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:53",
        "text": "And the servant brought out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rivkah; he also gave precious gifts to her brother and to her mother."
      },{
        "n": 54,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:54",
        "text": "And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and lodged there. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master."
      },{
        "n": 55,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:55",
        "text": "And her brother and her mother said, Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she shall go."
      },{
        "n": 56,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:56",
        "text": "And he said to them, Do not delay me, since YHWH has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master."
      },{
        "n": 57,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:57",
        "text": "And they said, We will call the young woman, and ask her own mouth."
      },{
        "n": 58,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:58",
        "text": "And they called Rivkah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go."
      },{
        "n": 59,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:59",
        "text": "And they sent away Rivkah their sister, and her nurse, and Avraham's servant, and his men."
      },{
        "n": 60,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:60",
        "text": "And they blessed Rivkah, and said to her, Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."
      },{
        "n": 61,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:61",
        "text": "And Rivkah arose with her maidens, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man; and the servant took Rivkah, and went his way."
      },{
        "n": 62,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:62",
        "text": "And Yitzchaq had come from the way of Be'er Lachai Ro'i; for he dwelt in the land of the Negev."
      },{
        "n": 63,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:63",
        "text": "And Yitzchaq went out to meditate in the field at the turning of evening; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, there were camels coming."
      },{
        "n": 64,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:64",
        "text": "And Rivkah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Yitzchaq, she alighted from the camel."
      },{
        "n": 65,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:65",
        "text": "And she said to the servant, Who is that man walking in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her veil, and covered herself."
      },{
        "n": 66,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:66",
        "text": "And the servant told Yitzchaq all the things that he had done."
      },{
        "n": 67,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-24:67",
        "text": "And Yitzchaq brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and took Rivkah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Yitzchaq was comforted after his mother."
      }
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