Genesis 24:61

61 Rebekah and her young maids mounted the camels and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah and set off for home.

Genesis 24:61 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:61

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels
Her maids that were given her by her parents to wait upon her, as was usual in those times and countries: and they rode upon the camels;
that Abraham's servant had brought with him: and followed the man;
who rode before and directed the way; the sense is only, that she went along with him: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way;
took her under his care, and to be the wife of his master's son, at the hands of her friends, and then set forward on his journey.

Genesis 24:61 In-Context

59 So they sent them off, their sister Rebekah with her nurse, and Abraham's servant with his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah saying, You're our sister - live bountifully! And your children, triumphantly!
61 Rebekah and her young maids mounted the camels and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah and set off for home.
62 Isaac was living in the Negev. He had just come back from a visit to Beer Lahai Roi.
63 In the evening he went out into the field; while meditating he looked up and saw camels coming.
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