And he said to Sarah, ‘Look, I am giving your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honour to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.’
Genesis 24:65 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and asked the servant, ‘Who is that man in the field coming to meet us? ’ The servant answered, ‘It is my master.’ So she took her veil and covered herself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
And he said to Sarah, ‘Look, I am giving your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honour to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.’
Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil, strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, wade through the streams.
This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,