Genesis 24:61 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 24:61

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתָּ֨קָם	va.Ta.kom	and she arose	H6965 →
רִבְקָ֜ה	riv.Kah	Rebekah	H7259 →
וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֗יהָ	ve.na.'a.ro.Tei.ha	and maids her	H5291 →
וַתִּרְכַּ֙בְנָה֙	va.tir.Kav.nah	and they rode	H7392 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַגְּמַלִּ֔ים	ha.ge.ma.Lim	the camels	H1581 →
וַתֵּלַ֖כְנָה	va.te.Lakh.nah	and they went	H1980 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
הָאִ֑ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the man	H376 →
וַיִּקַּ֥ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
הָעֶ֛בֶד	ha.'E.ved	the servant	H5650 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רִבְקָ֖ה	riv.Kah	Rebekah	H7259 →
וַיֵּלַֽךְ׃	vai.ye.Lakh	and he went	H1980 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
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
Through
Psalms 45:10
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
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;