Genesis 24:64

64 When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she quickly dismounted from her camel.

Genesis 24:64 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:64

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes
And looked about: and when she saw Isaac;
whom she suspected him to be, and therefore inquired of the servant, who told her who he was: she lighted off the camel;
or "fell" F23 from it, not accidentally, or through surprise, but willingly, and in honour to Isaac, as was customary; for had she sat on her camel when she met him, it would not have seemed respectful enough to him; though Jarchi thinks she did not get off, but only bowed herself upon the camel, when she came near him.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 (lptw) "et cecidit", Montanus, Drusius.

Genesis 24:64 In-Context

62 Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahai-roi.
63 One evening as he was walking and meditating in the fields, he looked up and saw the camels coming.
64 When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she quickly dismounted from her camel.
65 “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant. And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
66 Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.
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