What Does Genesis 24:24 Mean in the King James?

And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

Genesis 24:24 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Her answer reveals identity as a living lineage: she is brought forth from a mother, a father, and the generations before them.

THE MEANING

You are not a self-originating name: your life is carried through the people who bring you forth. The verse gives that connection a voice, tracing belonging from daughter to mother to father.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that you are self-made and disconnected from those who brought you forth.

THE ROOT

יָלְדָה

yaldah

GROWS FROM

י־ל־ד

To beget, bring forth, or give birth.

The word translated “bare” comes from ⁨ילד⁩ (yalad, bring forth or beget), which also forms words for a child and for generations. One birth opens into a continuing lineage: the person brought forth is also part of the generations that follow.

ALSO GROWS

yeled: Child; offspring.

יֶלֶד

The same root links the act of bearing to the child brought forth.

toledot: Generations; descendants or family line.

תּוֹלְדוֹת

This branch shows how one birth becomes part of a continuing family line.

THE PATTERN

Life is carried through named generations: one person is brought forth and becomes part of another’s story.

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:3 · KJVA father’s begetting is named as the beginning of the next generation.

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:17 · KJVA birth is held within a chain of generations that continues through named descendants.

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Matthew 1:16 · KJVThe genealogy carries a life forward through the named bonds of a family.

THE THREAD

For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

Genesis 21:2 · KJV

“Bare” in both verses translates a form of ⁨ילד⁩ (yalad, bring forth or beget). The shared root connects Rebekah’s family line with Sarah’s birth of Isaac: each act of bringing forth opens into a continuing lineage.

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