This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 24:61 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Rebekah and her female servants got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Rebekah and her maids arose and followed the man upon their camels. Thus the servant took Rebekah and went on his way. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Rebekah and her young women got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, Rebekah and her maids, riding upon camels, followed the man, who quickly returned to his lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So Rebecca and her maids, being set upon camels, followed the man: who with speed returned to his master. |
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.
They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the city gates of their enemies.
Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, , for he was living in the Negev region.
Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of the camel, and sat on them. Laban searched the whole tent but found nothing.
Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred in the royal stables.
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses at the king’s urgent command. The law was also issued in the fortress of Susa.
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil – a girl or two for each warrior, the spoil of coloured garments for Sisera, the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck? ’
Then Abigail got up quickly, and with her five female servants accompanying her, rode on the donkey following David’s messengers. And so she became his wife.
David slaughtered them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except four hundred young men who got on camels and fled.