Genesis 24:64

64 Rebekah also looked and saw Isaac. Then she jumped 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 At this time Isaac had left Beer Lahai Roi and was living in southern Canaan.
63 One evening when he went out to the field to think, he looked up and saw camels coming.
64 Rebekah also looked and saw Isaac. Then she jumped down from the camel
65 and asked the servant, "Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant answered, "That is my master." So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
66 The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.
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