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Genesis 24:64
And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Rebekah acts while traveling with the servant's caravan, looking up from her camel to see Isaac approaching in the field. The moment captures her initial visual contact before any verbal exchange occurs.
The words — The Hebrew וַ/תִּשָּ֤א (va./ti.Sa') literally means "and she lifted up," describing the raising of her eyes. The verb וַ/תִּפֹּ֖ל (va./ti.Pol) translates "and she fell," denoting her physical descent from the camel upon sight.
The thread — The narrative mirrors Acsah dismounting her donkey to approach her father Caleb in Judges 1:14 and Joshua 15:18. Both passages place the physical act of leaving an animal at the threshold of a familial or covenantal meeting.
Why it lands — The text records a bodily response to recognition that precedes any dialogue or theological explanation. It requires the reader to note that the narrative treats physical posture as the immediate marker of a shifted relationship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
Cross-references
- Joshua 15:18 One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
- Judges 1:14 One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”