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61 Then Rebekah and her young servant women got up, mounted their camels, and followed Abraham’s servant, who took Rebekah and went on his way.

Isaac Marries Rebekah

62 Later on, as Isaac was returning one evening from Beer-lahai-roi[a] (he had been living in the Negev[b]), 63 Isaac[c] went out walking[d] in a field. He looked up, and all of a sudden there were some camels coming.

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  1. Genesis 24:62 Lit. The Well of the Living One Who Looks After Me, cf. Gen. 16:13-14
  2. Genesis 24:62 I.e. the southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  3. Genesis 24:63 Lit. he
  4. Genesis 24:63 Or meditating

61 Then Rebekah and her attendants(A) got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi,(B) for he was living in the Negev.(C) 63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[a](D) and as he looked up,(E) he saw camels approaching.

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  1. Genesis 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.