Genesis 24:64

64 When Rebekah looked up and 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 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.
64 When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
65 and asked the servant, "Who is that man out in the field coming toward us?" "That is my master." She took her veil and covered herself.
66 After the servant told Isaac the whole story of the trip,
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