Bereshis 24:64

64 And Rivkah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Yitzchak, she got down from the gamal.

Bereshis 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Bereshis 24:64 In-Context

62 And Yitzchak had come from Be’er Lachi Roi; for he dwelt in the eretz hanegev.

63 And Yitzchak went out to meditate in the sadeh at erev: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, hinei, the gemalim (camels) were coming.

64 And Rivkah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Yitzchak, she got down from the gamal.

65 For she had said unto the eved, Who is that ish that walketh in the sadeh to meet us? And the eved had said, He is adoni: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.

66 And the eved told Yitzchak all things that he had done.