Genesis 24 · Verse 63

Genesis 24:63

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
Genesis 24:63, King James Version

Genesis 24:63 in other translations

BSBEarly in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
WEBIsaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes and looked. Behold, there were camels coming.
ASVAnd Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
YLTand Isaac goeth out to meditate in the field, at the turning of the evening, and he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, camels are coming.
DARBYAnd Isaac had gone out to meditate in the fields toward the beginning of evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, camels were coming.
BBEAnd when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw camels coming.
WebsterAnd Isaac went out to meditate in the field at evening: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels were coming.

What does Genesis 24:63 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 63 Isaac went out to meditate - לשוח lasuach, to bend down the body, or the mind, or both. He was probably in deep thought, with his eyes fixed upon the ground. What the subject of his meditation was it is useless to inquire; he was a pious man, and could not be triflingly employed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 24:63 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.

וַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
יִצְחָ֛קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327
לָשׂ֥וּחַla.Su.achto meditateH7742
בַּשָּׂדֶ֖הba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704
לִפְנ֣וֹתlif.Notto [the] turning ofH6437
עָ֑רֶב'A.reveveningH6153
וַיִּשָּׂ֤אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted upH5375
עֵינָיו֙'ei.Naveyes hisH5869
וַיַּ֔רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
גְמַלִּ֖יםge.ma.LimcamelsH1581
בָּאִֽים\׃ba.'Im[were] comingH935

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 24:63

  • Psalms 119:15

    I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

  • Psalms 143:5-6

    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

  • Psalms 104:34

    My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • Psalms 1:2

    But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

  • Joshua 1:8

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • Psalms 145:5

    I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

  • Psalms 119:48

    My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

  • Psalms 119:27

    Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

  • Psalms 77:11-12

    I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

  • Psalms 139:17-18

    How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
to meditate. or, to pray.They who acknowledge God in all their ways, will find him present to direct their paths, and make their way prosperous; and when the prayer of faith meets with an immediate answer, the glory ought as speedily to be rendered to God in solemn praise and thanksgiving.
Jos 1:8; Ps 1:2; 77:11,12; 104:34; 119:15; 139:17,18; 143:5,6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 24:62

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

  • Genesis 24:63

    And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

  • Genesis 24:64

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

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Genesis 24:63 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y había salido Isaac á orar al campo, á la hora de la tarde; y alzando sus ojos miró, y he aquí los camellos que venían.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Isaac était sorti dans les champs pour méditer, à l’approche du soir. Et il leva ses yeux, et regarda, et voici des chameaux qui venaient.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Isaak ging aus, um auf dem Felde zu sinnen beim Anbruch des Abends; und er hob seine Augen auf und sah, und siehe, Kamele kamen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et egressus fuerat ad meditandum in agro, inclinata jam die: cumque elevasset oculos, vidit camelos venientes procul.