Genesis 24 · Verse 64

Genesis 24:64

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
Genesis 24:64, King James Version

Genesis 24:64 in other translations

BSBAnd when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
WEBRebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she got off the camel.
ASVAnd Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.
YLTAnd Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel;
DARBYAnd Rebecca lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she sprang off the camel.
BBEAnd when Rebekah, looking up, saw Isaac, she got down from her camel,
WebsterAnd Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.

What does Genesis 24:64 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
64. she lighted off the camel--If Isaac were walking, it would have been most unmannerly for her to have continued seated; an inferior, if riding, always alights in presence of a person of rank, no exception being made for women.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 24:64 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.

וַתִּשָּׂ֤אva.ti.Sa'and she lifted upH5375
רִבְקָה֙riv.KahRebekahH7259
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֵינֶ֔יהָ'ei.Nei.haeyes herH5869
וַתֵּ֖רֶאva.Te.re'and she sawH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִצְחָ֑קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327
וַתִּפֹּ֖לva.ti.Poland she fellH5307
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom onH5921
הַגָּמָֽל\׃ha.ga.Malthe camelH1581

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

Cross references for Genesis 24:64

  • Joshua 15:18

    And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

  • Judges 1:14

    And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
lighted.
Jos 15:18; Jud 1:14

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 24:65

    For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

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Genesis 24:64 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Rebeca también alzó sus ojos, y vió á Isaac, y descendió del camello;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Rebecca leva ses yeux, et vit Isaac; et elle descendit de dessus le chameau.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Rebekka hob ihre Augen auf und sah Isaak; und sie warf sich vom Kamele herab und sprach zu dem Knechte:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Rebecca quoque, conspecto Isaac, descendit de camelo,