Genesis 24:62–67
Isaac and Rebekah see each other for the first time at dusk
Study it word by word62Isaac had come back from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the land of the Negev.
63Isaac went out to meditate in the field as evening drew near; he lifted up his eyes and saw, and look, camels were coming.
64Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she got down from the camel.
65She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “He is my lord.” So she took the veil and covered herself.
66The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
67Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after the death of his mother.
In its context
60They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate it.”
61Rebekah and her girls rose and rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went.
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Its words in the original
- יִצְחָקyitschak· Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
- בָּאba· come, go in, bring
Come, arrive, go in, enter. In the causative form, "bring" or "carry in". "Go in to" a woman is to have marital relations with her.
- בְּאֵרbeer· Beer-lahai-roi
Beer-lahai-roi, the name of a well in the wilderness. It means "well of the Living One who sees me".
- יוֹשֵׁבyoshev· sit, dwell
Sit, sit down; from there stay in a place, live, dwell. In the causative form, settle someone, make to dwell. Also sit as judge or as king.
- אֶרֶץerets· earth, land
The earth, in two senses: the whole world in contrast with the heavens, or a particular country or region ("the land of Egypt").
- נֶּגֶבnegev· Negev, south
Negev: the dry region in the south of Canaan; so the word also means "south".
- יֵּצֵאyetse· go out, bring out
Go out, come out. In the causative form, "make go out", "bring out", "lead out", "produce".
- שׂוּחַsuach· meditate?
A word found only in Genesis 24:63, of uncertain sense: "meditate", "pray", or "walk".
- שָּׂדֶהsade· field
Field: open country, cultivated or not.
- פְנוֹתfenot· turn
Turn, turn toward something; face, look. In another form of the verb, clear, empty a place.
- עָרֶבarev· evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
- יִּשָּׂאyisa· lift, carry, bear
Lift up, carry, bear. "Bear sin" is to suffer its consequences; said of God, "taking away" sin is forgiving it. "Lift up the eyes" is to look.
- עֵינָיenay· eye
Eye. "In someone's eyes" means "in his opinion"; "find favor in the eyes of" is to please him. Also a spring of water.
- יַּרְאyar· see
See. Also look, observe, notice, consider; in some forms, "appear" or "show".
- גְמַלִּיםgemalim· camel
Camel.
- רִבְקָהrivka· Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
- תִּפֹּלtipol· fall
Fall; also fall upon (attack), lie down, desert to someone. In the causative form, "make fall", throw down, cast (lots).
- תֹּאמֶרtomer· say
Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".
- עֶבֶדeved· slave, servant
Slave, servant: someone who belongs to another or is in his service. It can be a slave, a worker or a high official of the king; before God, one who serves him. "Your servant" is a polite way to say "I".
- אִישׁish· man, husband, each
Man, male; with a possessive, husband. Also "each one", "anyone". It is "ish", distinct from "adam" (human being); it is used for the man in contrast with the woman ("ishah").
- הַלָּזֶהhalaze· this one here
This one here, that one there: points to someone or something present.
- הֹלֵךְholech· go, walk
Go, walk, come. Figuratively, the way one lives ("walk with God").
- קְרָאתֵkerate· to meet
To meet someone, toward; also "opposite".
- אֲדֹנִadoni· lord, master
Lord: one who has authority over another (an owner, a husband, a superior). It is also a polite form, "my lord". Said of God, "the Lord".
- תִּקַּחtikach· take
Take: seize, take along, receive. Also "take a wife" (marry).
- צָּעִיףtsaif· veil
Veil, a mantle to cover oneself.
- תִּתְכָּסtitkas· cover
Cover, hide; also cover over (sin), conceal.
- יְסַפֵּרyesaper· count, tell
Count (numbers) and also tell (relate, recount). From here comes the word for "scribe".
- דְּבָרִיםdevarim· word, matter, thing
Word; what is said. Also "matter" or "thing": what is spoken about, an affair, an event.
- עָשָׂהasa· do, make
Do, make, in the widest sense: build, produce, carry out, keep (a command), prepare.
- אֹהֱלָohela· tent
Tent: the dwelling of shepherds who move from place to place; also a home.
- שָׂרָהsara· Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
- אִמּim· mother
Mother; also figuratively, a city as the mother of its people.
- תְּהִיtehi· be, become, happen
Be, exist; also "become" or "happen". It is the verb of "there was", "it was" and "it came to pass".
- אִשָּׁהisha· woman, wife
Woman; with a possessive ("his woman"), wife. In Hebrew it is "ishah", which sounds like "ish", man.
- יֶּאֱהָבֶyeehave· love
Love, have affection for someone: a parent for a child, a husband for a wife, a friend for a friend, a person for God; also like, desire.
- יִּנָּחֵםyinachem· relent, be sorry, comfort
A verb of deep feeling, with two uses: "comfort" someone, and "be sorry" for something or "relent". Said of God, it expresses his grief at evil or that he does not carry out a punishment he had announced; not that he had made a mistake (compare Numbers 23:19).