KJV King James Version
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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Genesis 24:67
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after the death of his mother.
Surrounding context — Genesis 24
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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְבִאֶ֣הָH935 · boto come (in): comeיִצְחָ֗קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacהָאֹ֙הֱלָה֙H168 · o.heltentשָׂרָ֣הH8283 · sa.rahSarahאִמּ֔וֹH517 · emmotherוַיִּקַּ֧חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רִבְקָ֛הH7259 · riv.qahRebekahוַתְּהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beל֥וֹH9033 · ohimלְאִשָּׁ֖הH802 · ish.shahwomanוַיֶּאֱהָבֶ֑הָH157 · a.havto love: loverוַיִּנָּחֵ֥םH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortיִצְחָ֖קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacאַחֲרֵ֥יH310 · a.charafterאִמּֽוֹ׃ פH517 · emmother
Cross-references
Ephesians 5:22-33Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.Song of Solomon 8:2I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother’s house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.Genesis 18:9-10And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.Isaiah 54:1-5Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.Genesis 38:12And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.Genesis 18:6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.Genesis 23:1-2And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.2 Corinthians 11:1-2Would to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.Genesis 25:20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Genesis 29:18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.1 Thessalonians 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.Genesis 2:22-24And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.1 Thessalonians 4:15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
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