John Gill Commentary Genesis 24:64

"And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel." — Genesis 24:64 (ASV)

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes

And looked about: and when she saw Isaac ;

whom she suspected him to be, and therefore inquired of the servant, who told her who he was: she lighted off the camel ;

or "fell" ^F23 from it, not accidentally, or through surprise, but willingly, and in honour to Isaac, as was customary; for had she sat on her camel when she met him, it would not have seemed respectful enough to him; though Jarchi thinks she did not get off, but only bowed herself upon the camel, when she came near him.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: (lptw) "et cecidit", Montanus, Drusius.