Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 24:61 - New Revised Standard Version Then Rebekah and her maids rose up, mounted the camels, and followed the man; thus the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 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. |
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”
Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, and was settled in the Negeb.
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt all about in the tent, but did not find them.
He wrote letters in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed them with the king's ring, and sent them by mounted couriers riding on fast steeds bred from the royal herd.
So the couriers, mounted on their swift royal steeds, hurried out, urged by the king's command. The decree was issued in the citadel of Susa.
Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father's house,
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?— A girl or two for every man; spoil of dyed stuffs for Sisera, spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil?’
Abigail got up hurriedly and rode away on a donkey; her five maids attended her. She went after the messengers of David and became his wife.
David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.