42 Abigail(A) quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife.

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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. 64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel(F) 65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”

“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil(G) and covered herself.

66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent(H) of his mother Sarah,(I) and he married Rebekah.(J) So she became his wife, and he loved her;(K) and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(L)

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Footnotes

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

10 Listen, daughter,(A) and pay careful attention:(B)
    Forget your people(C) and your father’s house.
11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;(D)
    honor(E) him, for he is your lord.(F)

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