Genesis 24:65 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and said to the servant, “Who is the man yonder, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For she [had] said to the servant, Who is that man walking across the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, He is my master. So she took a veil and concealed herself with it.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

and said to the servant, “Who is this man walking through the pasture to meet us?” The servant said, “He’s my master.” So she took her headscarf and covered herself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And she said to the servant, "Who is that man who advances to meet us through the field?" And he said to her, "That is my lord." And so, quickly taking up her cloak, she covered herself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And said to the servant: Who is that man who cometh towards us along the field? And he said to her: That man is my master. But she quickly took Her cloak, and covered herself.

Genesis 24:65 Cross References

Genesis 20:16

To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; it is your vindication in the eyes of all who are with you; and before every one you are righted.”

Genesis 24:64

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel,

Genesis 24:66

And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

Genesis 38:14

she put off her widow's garments, and put on a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

Isaiah 3:23

the garments of gauze, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones and grind meal, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.

1 Corinthians 11:10

That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.

1 Timothy 2:9

also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire