Genesis 24:65-67
1599 Geneva Bible
65 (For she had said to the servant, Who is yonder man, that cometh in the field to meet us? and the servant had said, It is my master) So she took [a]a veil, and covered her.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things, that he had done.
67 Afterward Isaac brought her into the tent, of Sarah his mother, and he took Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loved her: So Isaac was [b]comforted after his mother’s death.
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- Genesis 24:65 The custom was that the spouse was brought to her husband, her head being covered, in token of shamefastness and chastity.
- Genesis 24:67 Or, had left mourning for his mother.
Genesis 24:65-67
New International Version
65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”
“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil(A) and covered herself.
66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent(B) of his mother Sarah,(C) and he married Rebekah.(D) So she became his wife, and he loved her;(E) and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(F)
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