This is a major transition point in the servant’s story, as he reaches the point of telling what happened when he arrived at his destination. It is an appropriate place to add something like “And the servant continued” or “The man kept on talking, and he said, ….”

See the recommendation concerning spring in verse 13.

For LORD, the God of my master Abraham, see verse 12.

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 .