Genesis 24:64
in Genesis 24And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.
KJV
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
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This verse in Genesis 24
Commentary
3 notes on this verseRebekah followed the servant and comes to Isaac. The church followed the prophetic word, to be sure, and comes to Christ. Where does she find him? "Walking," the text says, "at the well of the oath." On no occasion is one withdrawn from wells; on no occasion does one stand apart from waters. Rebekah is found "at a well." Rebekah in turn finds Isaac "at a well." There she gazed upon his countenance for the first time. There "she dismounted from the camels."
This site's exposition
Isaac went out to the field to meditate
on Genesis 24:63-65
Isaac has barely spoken since chapter 22, and here he goes out to the field to meditate at dusk. Looking up, he saw the camels, which is what his father did twice on the day of the offering, at 22:4 and 22:13. Rebekah gets down and covers herself with her veil.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes,....
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּשָּׂ֤א | vatisa' | and she lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| רִבְקָה֙ | rivkah | Rebekah | H7259 → | 30 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵינֶ֔יהָ | ʾeineiha | eyes her | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וַתֵּ֖רֶא | vatere' | and she saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִצְחָ֑ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וַתִּפֹּ֖ל | vatipol | and she fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| מֵעַ֥ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַגָּמָֽל׃ | hagamal | the camel | H1581 → | 54 times |
וַתִּשָּׂ֤אand she lifted up
vatisa'H5375 →656 times
רִבְקָה֙Rebekah
rivkahH7259 →30 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֵינֶ֔יהָeyes her
ʾeineihaH5869 →887 times
וַתֵּ֖רֶאand she saw
vatere'H7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִצְחָ֑קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
וַתִּפֹּ֖לand she fell
vatipolH5307 →435 times
מֵעַ֥לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
הַגָּמָֽל׃the camel
hagamalH1581 →54 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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
Judges 1:14One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
it leads to
- Joshua 15:18–19
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
- Joshua 15:18–19
Through
Joshua 15:18One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
- 1 Samuel 25:23
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 10.5.