Genesis 24:64

Rebekah was riding on one of those camels, and she looked up and saw Isaac coming towards them. Straight away, she got off her camel.

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In The King James Version

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

In Context

63Then one afternoon, when it was nearly night time, Isaac went out to the grass lands to think about things. Then he looked up and saw camels coming, so he walked out to meet them.

65Then she said to Abraham’s worker, “I can see a man walking towards us. Who is he?” The worker said, “He is my boss Isaac.” Rebekah didn’t want Isaac to see her face, so she got a scarf and put it over her head. You see, in that culture, that is what a woman did when she met the man that she was going to marry.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:63-67

Isaac's Marriage. ( b. c. 1857.) 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered… Read the whole commentary →

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