Genesis 24:64

64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac. And she got down from the 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 [was] coming from the direction of Beer-Lahai-Roi. And he [was] living in the land of the Negev.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field {early in the evening}, and he lifted up his eyes and saw--behold, camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac. And she got down from the camel.
65 And she said to the servant, "Who [is] this man walking around in the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "That [is] my master." And she took her veil and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
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