Genesis 24:64
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
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- The Marriage of Isaac 26. קרד qādad, “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh, “bow the body.” 29. לבן lābān, “Laban, white.” In this circumstantial account of the marriage of Isaac, we have a beautiful…
Isaac and Rebekah are, at length, happily brought together. Observe,
I. Isaac was well employed when he met Rebekah: He went out to meditate, or pray, in the field, at the even-tide, Gen 24:62, Gen…
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Cambridge Bible
lighted off the camel i.e. she "alighted," or "leapt down from." Her action is that of Oriental courtesy: cf. Jos 15:18; Jdg 1:14; 1Sa 25:23; 2Ki 5:21. See Thomson's Land and Book, p. 593, "Women…