61 Rebekah and her young maids mounted the camels and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah and set off for home.

62-65 Isaac was living in the Negev. He had just come back from a visit to Beer Lahai Roi. In the evening he went out into the field; while meditating he looked up and saw camels coming. When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel and asked the servant, “Who is that man out in the field coming toward us?”

“That is my master.”

She took her veil and covered herself.

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61 Then Rebekah and her attendants(A) got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi,(B) for he was living in the Negev.(C) 63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[a](D) and as he looked up,(E) he saw camels approaching.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.