Genesis 24:67
65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
66 Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
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- BSB
- And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- KJV
- And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- WEB
- Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- ASV
- And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah`s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother`s death.
- DARBY
- And Isaac led her into his mother Sarah's tent; and he took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after [the death of] his mother.
- BLB
- And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s [death].
- ÅB
- Og Isak førte henne inn i sin mor Saras telt; han tok Rebekka hjem, og hun ble hans hustru, og han hadde henne kjær. Så ble Isak trøstet i sorgen over sin mor.
- OTB
- Isak førte henne inn i teltet til sin mor Sara, og han giftet seg med Rebekka. Hun ble hans kone, og han elsket henne; og Isak ble trøstet etter sin mors død.
- B1930
- Og Isak førte henne inn i sin mor Saras telt; han tok Rebekka hjem, og hun blev hans hustru, og han hadde henne kjær. Så blev Isak trøstet i sorgen over sin mor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 8:2
I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
Read in contextEphesians 5:22–33
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Read in contextGenesis 23:1–2
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
Read in contextGenesis 29:18
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Read in contextGenesis 18:9–10
“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
Read in contextGenesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Read in contextGenesis 25:20
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:13
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
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