Genesis 24 · Verse 65

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.
Genesis 24:65, King James Version

Genesis 24:65 in other translations

BSBand asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
WEBShe said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself.
ASVAnd she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master: and she took her veil, and covered herself.
YLTand she saith unto the servant, ‘Who is this man who is walking in the field to meet us?' and the servant saith, ‘It is my lord;' and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself.
DARBYAnd she had said to the servant, Who is the man that is walking in the fields to meet us? And the servant said, That is my master! Then she took the veil, and covered herself.
BBEAnd said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.
WebsterFor she had said to 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.

What does Genesis 24:65 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
65. she took a veil, and covered herself--The veil is an essential part of female dress. In country places it is often thrown aside, but on the appearance of a stranger, it is drawn over the face, as to conceal all but the eyes. In a bride it was a token of her reverence and subjection to her husband.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 65 She took a veil - הצעיף hatstsaaif. This is the first time this word occurs, and it is of doubtful signification; but most agree to render it a veil or a cloak. The former is the most likely, as it was generally used by women in the east as a sign of chastity, modesty, and subjection.

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 24:65 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.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעֶ֗בֶדha.'E.vedthe servantH5650
מִֽי\־mi-who?H4310
הָאִ֤ישׁha.'Ish[is] the manH376
הַלָּזֶה֙ha.la.ZehthisH1976
הַהֹלֵ֤ךְha.ho.Lekhwho is walkingH1980
בַּשָּׂדֶה֙ba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704
לִקְרָאתֵ֔נוּlik.ra.Te.nuto meet usH7122
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
הָעֶ֖בֶדha.'E.vedthe servantH5650
ה֣וּאhu'itH1931
אֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.Ni[is] master myH113
וַתִּקַּ֥חva.ti.Kachand she tookH3947
הַצָּעִ֖יףha.tza.'Ifthe veilH6809
וַתִּתְכָּֽס\׃va.tit.Kasand she covered herselfH3680

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

Cross references for Genesis 24:65

  • 1 Timothy 2:9

    In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

  • 1 Corinthians 11:5-6

    But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:10

    For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

  • Genesis 20:16

    And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a vail.
20:16; 1Co 11:5,6,10; 1Ti 2:9

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 24:66

    And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

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Genesis 24:65 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque había preguntado al criado: ¿Quién es este varón que viene por el campo hacia nosotros? Y el siervo había respondido: Este es mi señor. Ella entonces tomó el velo, y cubrióse.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Or elle avait dit au serviteur: Qui est cet homme qui marche dans les champs à notre rencontre? Et le serviteur dit: C’est mon seigneur. Et elle prit son voile et se couvrit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wer ist der Mann, der uns da auf dem Felde entgegenwandelt? Und der Knecht sprach: Das ist mein Herr. Da nahm sie den Schleier und verhüllte sich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et ait ad puerum: Quis est ille homo qui venit per agrum in occursum nobis? Dixitque ei: Ipse est dominus meus. At illa tollens cito pallium, operuit se.