Genesis 24 · Verse 61

Genesis 24:61

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Genesis 24:61, King James Version

Genesis 24:61 in other translations

BSBThen Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
WEBRebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
ASVAnd Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
YLTAnd Rebekah and her young women arise, and ride on the camels, and go after the man; and the servant taketh Rebekah and goeth.
DARBYAnd Rebecca arose, and her maids, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebecca, and went away.
BBESo Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
WebsterAnd Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

What does Genesis 24:61 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 24:54-67

Abraham's servant, as one that chose his work before his pleasure, was for hastening home. Lingering and loitering no way become a wise and good man who is faithful to his duty. As children ought not to marry without their parents' consent, so parents ought not to marry them without their own. Rebekah consented, not only to go, but to go at once. The goodness of Rebekah's character shows there was nothing wrong in…

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Genesis 24:61 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתָּ֨קָםva.Ta.komand she aroseH6965
רִבְקָ֜הriv.KahRebekahH7259
וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֗יהָve.na.'a.ro.Tei.haand maids herH5291
וַתִּרְכַּ֙בְנָה֙va.tir.Kav.nahand they rodeH7392
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַגְּמַלִּ֔יםha.ge.ma.Limthe camelsH1581
וַתֵּלַ֖כְנָהva.te.Lakh.nahand they wentH1980
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הָאִ֑ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
וַיִּקַּ֥חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
הָעֶ֛בֶדha.'E.vedthe servantH5650
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רִבְקָ֖הriv.KahRebekahH7259
וַיֵּלַֽךְ\׃vai.ye.Lakhand he wentH1980

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Cross references for Genesis 24:61

  • Psalms 45:10

    Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

  • Genesis 2:24

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Esther 8:10

    And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

  • Genesis 31:34

    Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

  • Esther 8:14

    So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they rode.
Ge 31:34; 1Sa 30:17; Es 8:10,14
followed.
2:24; Ps 45:10

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Context

  • Genesis 24:60

    And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

  • Genesis 24:61

    And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

  • Genesis 24:62

    And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

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Genesis 24:61 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Levantóse entonces Rebeca y sus mozas, y subieron sobre los camellos, y siguieron al hombre; y el criado tomó á Rebeca, y fuése.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Rebecca se leva, et ses filles; et elles montèrent sur les chameaux, et s’en allèrent après l’homme. Et le serviteur prit Rebecca, et s’en alla.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Rebekka machte sich auf mit ihren Mägden, und sie bestiegen die Kamele und folgten dem Manne; und der Knecht nahm Rebekka und zog hin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Igitur Rebecca et puellæ illius, ascensis camelis, secutæ sunt virum: qui festinus revertebatur ad dominum suum.