Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.
KJV
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
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And Rebekah lifted up her eyes,.... And looked about:
and when she saw Isaac; whom she suspected him to be, and therefore inquired of the servant, who told her who he was:
she lighted off the camel; or "fell" (w) from it, not accidentally, or through surprise, but willingly, and in honour to Isaac, as was customary; for had she sat on her camel when she met him, it would not have seemed respectful enough to him; though Jarchi thinks she did not get off, but only bowed herself upon the camel, when she came near him.
(w) "et cecidit", Montanus, Drusius.
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