"For she {had} said unto the servant, What man {is} this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant {had} said…" — Genesis 24:65

Genesis 24:65 · KJV

“For she {had} said unto the servant, What man {is} this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant {had} said, It {is} my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.”

— Genesis 24:65

Verse 64

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

Verse 66

And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

Genesis 24 — Context

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels {were} coming. {to meditate: or, to pray}

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

For she {had} said unto the servant, What man {is} this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant {had} said, It {is} my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

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}.

Cross References

1 Timothy 2:9

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; {broided: or, plaited}

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with {her} head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

1 Corinthians 11:10

For this cause ought the woman to have power on {her} head because of the angels. {power: that is a covering in sign that she is under the power of her husband}

Genesis 20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand {pieces} of silver: behold, he {is} to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that {are} with thee, and with all {other}: thus she was reproved.