Commentary for Genesis 24:11

ויברך הגמלים means HE MADE THEM KNEEL (Genesis Rabbah 59:11).

ויברך הגמלים, a camel has two knees one above the other; therefore it needs two motions to go down on its knees and because of its height it cannot drink before having thus lowered itself to the level of the trough. This is what the sages referred to in Chulin 76 when they said וכנגדו בגמל ניכר, that a spot known as the ארכובה in cattle is clearly recognisable on the foreleg of a camel.

ויברך הגמלים, he made them go down on their knees in order that the jugs of water could be presented to them for them to drink. While all this was happening he prayed to G’d to arrange for the right kind of girl to put in an appearance.

Beside a well of water. Eliezer resolved to look for the daughter of a poor man, who would gladly allow her to move to another land to marry someone rich. Therefore he waited by a well outside of town, assuming that no rich man would send his daughter to such a place.

ויברך, von בֶרֶך das Kniegelenk, in welchem die Sammlung und Überleitung von Kräften zur Fortbewegung vermittelt wird, analog dem Begriffe ברך segnen, und ברֶכה Wassersammlung oder Wasserleitung. Lautverwandt mit פֶרֶק: Glied (chald.), wovon hebräisch: מפרקת Genick. — אֶל באר, einem Brunnen gegenüber, nicht nahe daran, — בַאֵר ,באר klar machen, im Kal also klar werden, aus dem Dunkel zu Tage treten. בחר ,בער ,בהר ,באר, bedeuten alle ein glänzendes Hervortreten. בער: der erhöhte, brennende und leuchtende Feuerglanz. בחר: das Auserlesene verhält sich zu dem, aus welchem es hervorgehoben worden, wie das Glänzende zum Dunkeln; es ist immer ein leuchtendes Hervortreten. —

ויברך הגמלים, “he made the camels kneel down.” Camels have two sets of knees. They therefore have to perform two acts of kneeling, before being able to drink. We have learned more details in the Talmud Chulin 76.

אל באר המים, near the well.