Genesis 24:61

Translations

Modern

Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

Traditional

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

Literal

And Rebekah and her young women arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah and departed.

Latin

Igitur Rebecca et puellæ illius, ascensis camelis, secutæ sunt virum: qui festinus revertebatur ad dominum suum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

Notes

Genesis 24:1–67

Isaac's marriage to Rebekah made it certain that God's plan would continue for the next generation. God showed his covenant faithfulness by working through his faithful people (24:12, 27, 49).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Rebekah Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Psalm 45:10
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
Esther 8:14
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
Esther 8:10
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
1 Samuel 30:17
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

People

Rebekah: Wife of Isaac; mother of Jacob and Esau

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Deborah Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Hospitality Isaac Patriarchs, Period of the Rebecca, Rebekah

Topics

Bride: Maids of Camel: Uses of for Riding Rebekah (Rebecca): Becomes Isaac's Wife Servants: Good: Eliezer The Camel used for Riding

Genesis 24:61

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