Genesis 24:64 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel

NIV: Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel

NASB: Rebekah raised her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.

CSB: Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from her camel

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

KJV: And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

NKJV: Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from her camel;

Led by Abraham's servant, the train of camels bearing Rebekah and her entourage are approaching Isaac's home in the Negeb region of Canaan. In the previous verse, he noticed their arrival. Now Rebekah sees Isaac, whom she is about to marry, for the first time. She quickly dismounts from her camel. This is the beginning of another excellent sign: Rebekah, without knowing that this is the man she is being brought to marry, finds him interesting enough to stop and ask questions.

Genesis 24:60–67 describes how, after being blessed and sent away by her family, Rebekah journeys to the land of Canaan. Arriving in the Negeb, she is met by her future husband Isaac and given the tent of his late mother Sarah. Soon, they are married, taking their place as the next generation of God's chosen people.

Abraham asks his most trusted servant to travel to his former homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac. Swearing to do so, the servant arrives at the city of Nahor and asks the Lord to show him which young women is appointed for Isaac. Finding Rebekah, the very granddaughter of Abraham's brother Nahor, the servant reveals the reason for his journey to her family. Her father Bethuel and brother Laban agree to allow Rebekah to travel to Canaan and marry Isaac, which she does.

Genesis 24 takes place a few years after Sarah has died. Abraham becomes urgent to find Isaac a wife, not among the women of Canaan, but from his own people back in Mesopotamia. His trusted servant, sent to accomplish this mission with the help of the Lord, eventually returns with Rebekah, the granddaughter of Abraham's own brother. Isaac is married to her at the age of 40. Abraham's death is recorded in the following chapter.

The book of Genesis establishes fundamental truths about God. Among these are His role as the Creator, His holiness, His hatred of sin, His love for mankind, and His willingness to provide for our redemption. We learn not only where mankind has come from, but why the world is in its present form. The book also presents the establishment of Israel, God's chosen people. Many of the principles given in other parts of Scripture depend on the basic ideas presented here in the book of Genesis. Within the framework of the Bible, Genesis explains the bare-bones history of the universe leading up to the captivity of Israel in Egypt, setting the stage for the book of Exodus.

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