Genesis 24:64

64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel

Genesis 24:64 in Other Translations

KJV
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
ESV
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel
NLT
64 When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she quickly dismounted from her camel.
MSG
64 When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
CSB
64 Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from her camel

Genesis 24:64 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:64

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes
And looked about: and when she saw Isaac;
whom she suspected him to be, and therefore inquired of the servant, who told her who he was: she lighted off the camel;
or "fell" F23 from it, not accidentally, or through surprise, but willingly, and in honour to Isaac, as was customary; for had she sat on her camel when she met him, it would not have seemed respectful enough to him; though Jarchi thinks she did not get off, but only bowed herself upon the camel, when she came near him.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 (lptw) "et cecidit", Montanus, Drusius.

Genesis 24:64 In-Context

62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.
63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.
64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel
65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Genesis 31:17,34; 1 Samuel 30:17
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