KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 24:65
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself.
ASV American Standard Version
And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master: and she took her veil, and covered herself.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and she saith unto the servant, ‘Who is this man who is walking in the field to meet us?’ and the servant saith, ‘It is my lord;’ and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself.
Surrounding context — Genesis 24
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63 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.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 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.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 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].
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וַתֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָעֶ֗בֶדH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveמִֽי־H4310 · miwho?הָאִ֤ישׁH376 · ishmanהַלָּזֶה֙H1976 · hal.la.zehthisהַהֹלֵ֤ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבַּשָּׂדֶה֙H7704 · sa.daySirionלִקְרָאתֵ֔נוּH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetוַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהָעֶ֖בֶדH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itאֲדֹנִ֑יH113 · a.donlordוַתִּקַּ֥חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeהַצָּעִ֖יףH6809 · tsa.iphshawlוַתִּתְכָּֽס׃H3680 · ka.sahto cover
Cross-references
1 Timothy 2:9In 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;1 Corinthians 11:5-6But 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 11:10For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head because of the angels.Genesis 20:16And 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.
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