Speaking in my heart: the servant’s prayer was made silently, that is, “Before I had finished praying,” “Before I had finished my silent prayer,” “… speaking to the LORD in my heart.”

Behold, Rebekah: see verse 15. Note that the kinship identifications, which the servant did not learn until later, are now omitted, as are the narrator’s description of Rebekah’s appearance.

Pray let me drink: drink is as in verse 43.

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .