Genesis 24:61
in Genesis 24Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 24
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIt seems, then, that when she went to the well for water it was not because she had not servants at command, but because she took a pleasure in works of humble industry. Now that she was going among strangers, it was fit she should take those with her with whom she was acquainted.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels,.... Her maids that were given her by her parents to wait upon her, as was usual in those times and countries: and they rode upon the camels; that Abraham's servant had brought with him: and followed the man; who rode before and directed the way; the sense is only, that she went along with him: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way; took her under his care, and to be the wife of his master's son, at the hands of her friends, and then set forward on his journey.
It seems, then, that when she went to the well for water it was not because she had not servants at command, but because she took a pleasure in works of humble industry. Now that she was going among strangers, it was fit she should take those with her with whom she was acquainted.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּ֨קָם | vatakom | and she arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| רִבְקָ֜ה | rivkah | Rebekah | H7259 → | 30 times |
| וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֗יהָ | venaaroteiha | and maids her | H5291 → | 63 times |
| וַתִּרְכַּ֙בְנָה֙ | vatirkavnah | and they rode | H7392 → | 78 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַגְּמַלִּ֔ים | hagemalim | the camels | H1581 → | 54 times |
| וַתֵּלַ֖כְנָה | vatelakhnah | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֣י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הָאִ֑ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וַיִּקַּ֥ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| הָעֶ֛בֶד | haeved | the servant | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רִבְקָ֖ה | rivkah | Rebekah | H7259 → | 30 times |
| וַיֵּלַֽךְ׃ | vaiyelakh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
וַתָּ֨קָםand she arose
vatakomH6965 →628 times
רִבְקָ֜הRebekah
rivkahH7259 →30 times
וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֗יהָand maids her
venaaroteihaH5291 →63 times
וַתִּרְכַּ֙בְנָה֙and they rode
vatirkavnahH7392 →78 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַגְּמַלִּ֔יםthe camels
hagemalimH1581 →54 times
וַתֵּלַ֖כְנָהand they went
vatelakhnahH1980 →1546 times
אַחֲרֵ֣יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
הָאִ֑ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
וַיִּקַּ֥חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
הָעֶ֛בֶדthe servant
haevedH5650 →799 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רִבְקָ֖הRebekah
rivkahH7259 →30 times
וַיֵּלַֽךְ׃and he went
vaiyelakhH1980 →1546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
it leads to
- Matthew 19:3–9
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Ephesians 5:28–31
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Mark 10:6–12
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Romans 7:2
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- 1 Peter 3:1–7
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
- Matthew 19:3–9
Through
Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:10–13
My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
- Genesis 12:1
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Song of Solomon 2:10–13
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis

Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
