Genesis 24:66

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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לְיִצְחָ֑ק

Yitschâq

H3327

“to/for · Isaac”

Preposition + Noun, Proper

Appears 108× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 17:19

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6711

TWOT: 1905b

Isaac = "he laughs" - son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

8: words
8: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns
2 particles

Verb forms

וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר Piel · Sequential Imperfect
עָשָֽׂה Qal · Perfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 11 words from the Hebrew and 10 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 8 Hebrew tokens and 11 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Genesis 24:66 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Mark 6:30 The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Genesis 24:66 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר הָעֶ֖בֶד לְיִצְחָ֑ק אֵ֥ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה

The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Genesis 24:66 Septuagint · lemma form

καί διαἡγέομαι ὁ παῖς ὁ ισαακ πᾶς ὁ ῥῆμα ὅς ποιέω

And the servant told Isaac all that he had done.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי עַבְדָּא לְיִצְחָק יָת כָּל פִּתְגָּמַיָּא דִּי עֲבָד

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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְתַנִי עַבְדָא לְיִצְחָק יַת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא דְעָבָד

And the servant related to Izhak everything he had done.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Genesis 24:66 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Gen 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

Ver. 66. And the servant told Isaac.] Ministers also must give account of their stewardship. Happy he that can present his people "as a chaste virgin to Christ," with Paul {2Co 11:2} that can say, with the prophet, "Here am I, and the children that thou hast given me"; {Isa 8:18} and with that arch-prophet, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do". {Joh 17:4} Reverend Mr Stork was wont to protest, that it was more comfort to him to win one of his own charge than twenty others. {a}

{a} Abrah. Deceas., by T. Gataker.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Scofield Reference Notes

C. I. Scofield

servant This is the model servant:

(1) he does not run unsent, Gen 24:2-9.

(2) goes where he is sent, Gen 24:4; Gen 24:10.

(3) does nothing else;

(4) is prayerful and thankful, Gen 24:12-14; Gen 24:26; Gen 24:27.

(5) is wise to win, vs. Gen 24:17; Gen 24:18; Gen 24:21. (Cf) Joh 4:7.

(6) speaks not of himself, but of his master’s riches and Isaac’s heirship, Gen 24:22; Gen 24:34-36; Act 1:8.

(7) presents the true issue, and requires clear decision, Gen 24:49.

The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

took Rebekah, and she became his wife

Both of these phrases mean that Isaac married Rebekah. AT: "married Rebekah" or "took her as his wife" (See: Doublet)

So Isaac was comforted

This can be stated in active form. AT: "So Rebekah comforted Isaac" (See: Active or Passive)

translationWords

servant

Isaac

Sarah

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

ויספר העבד AND THE SERVANT RELATED — He reported to him the miracles that had been wrought for him — how the earth had shrunk for him, and how Rebecca was ready for him in response to his prayer (Genesis Rabbah 60:15).

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Radak

Rabbi David Kimhi (Radak)

ויספר, Eliezer told Yitzchok all that happened to him since he had commenced his mission. He did so during the time it took to reach Avraham’s house after Yitzchok had met them. It is possible that they arrived in Chevron on that same day, or the day following.

Radak on the Tanakh — English translations: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash” (CC BY 4.0); “Rabbi Mike Feuer, Jerusalem Anthology” (CC BY 4.0); and “R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Genesis, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 8 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yitschâq (“Isaac”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Isaac” (Yitschâq) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Mark 6:30 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
The verb «וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר» is Piel Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Scofield Reference Notes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 11 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 2 words in this verse.
8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.