Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
- ESV Then Rebekah and her young women arose and rode on the camels and followed the man. Thus the servant took Rebekah and went his way.
- NKJV Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
- NASB Then Rebekah got up with her female attendants, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
- NLT Then Rebekah and her servant girls mounted the camels and followed the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
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Quick answer
Rebekah and her attendants ride off with the servant toward Canaan.
Overview
The journey home concludes the servant's faithful mission. The narrative quietly emphasizes that everything proceeded under God's direction from start to finish. Rebekah's obedient departure brings the awaited bride to the covenant household.
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- Gen 2:24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Ps 45:10Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
- Gen 31:34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.
- Esth 8:10He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.
- Esth 8:14So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
- 1 Sam 30:17David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
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