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Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.
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A Gesture of Honor
Commentators unanimously explain that Rebekah alighting from the camel was not an accident but a deliberate act of respect. It was a cultural custom for an inferior to dismount when meeting a superior. By doing this for Isaac, she was showing honor to her future husband.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”
29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”
In this circum…
19th Century
Anglican
She lighted off. — Hebrew, fell: descended hastily from her camel. It is still the custom in the East for an inf…
16th Century
Protestant
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes. We may easily conjecture that Isaac, when he saw the camels, turned his steps toward them out of a desire …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes
And looked about: and when she saw Isaac ;
whom sh…
Abraham's servant, as one who chose his work before his pleasure, was intent on hastening home. Lingering and loitering in no way befit a wise and …
