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Genesis 24:61

Rebekah

59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

62 Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

63 Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.

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BSB
Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
KJV
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
WEB
Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
ASV
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
DARBY
And Rebecca arose, and her maids, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebecca, and went away.
BLB
And Rebekah and her young women arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah and departed.
ÅB
Og Rebekka og hennes piker gjorde seg ferdig, og de satte seg på kamelene og fulgte med mannen og tjeneren tok Rebekka med seg og dro avsted.
OTB
Så gjorde Rebekka og hennes tjenestekvinner seg klare og satte seg på kamelene og fulgte mannen. Så tok tjeneren Rebekka og dro av sted.
B1930
Og Rebekka og hennes piker gjorde sig ferdig, og de satte sig på kamelene og fulgte med mannen og tjeneren tok Rebekka med sig og drog avsted.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 45:10

    Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

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  • Genesis 2:24

    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

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  • Esther 8:10

    Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

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  • Genesis 31:34

    Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

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  • Esther 8:14

    The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

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