Commentary on Genesis John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
61. 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.
61. Et surrexit Ribea et puellae ejus, et ascenderunt super camelos, et perrexerunt post virum: et tulit servus Ribcah, et abiit.
62. And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
62. Ishac autem veniebat, qua venitur a Puteo viventis videntis me: et ipse habitabat in terra Meridiana.
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.
63. Et egressus erat Ishac ad orandum in agro, dum declinaret vespera: et elevavit oculos suos, et vidit, et ecce, cameli veniebant.
64. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
64. Tunc elevavit Ribcah oculos suos, et vidit Ishac, et projecit se de camelo.
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.
65. Iam autem dixerat ad servum, Quis est vir iste, qui ambulat per agrum in occursum nostrum? Et dixit servus, Ipse est dominus meus: et accepit velum, et operuit se.
66. And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
66. Et narravit servus ipsi Ishac omnia quae fecerat.
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
67. Et introduxit eam Ishac in tabernaculum Sarah matris suae, et accepit Ribcah, fuitque ei in uxorem, at delexit cam: et consolatus est se Ishac post matrem suam.
1. And Abraham was old.457 Moses passes onwards to the relation of Isaac's marriage, because indeed Abraham, perceiving himself to be worn