Genesis 24:65
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.
KJV
et ait ad puerum : Quis est ille homo qui venit per agrum in occursum nobis ? Dixitque ei : Ipse est dominus meus. At illa tollens cito pallium, operuit se.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν τῷ παιδί Τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ὁ πορευόμενος ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῖν; εἶπεν δὲ ὁ παῖς Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κύριός μου· ἡ δὲ λαβοῦσα τὸ θέριστρον περιεβάλετο.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל הָ/עֶ֗בֶד מִֽי הָ/אִ֤ישׁ הַלָּזֶה֙ הַ/הֹלֵ֤ךְ בַּ/שָּׂדֶה֙ לִ/קְרָאתֵ֔/נוּ וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר הָ/עֶ֖בֶד ה֣וּא אֲדֹנִ֑/י וַ/תִּקַּ֥ח הַ/צָּעִ֖יף וַ/תִּתְכָּֽס
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:5 — But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
- 1Tim 2:9 — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- Gen 20:16 — And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reprov
- Gen 29:23 — And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
- Isa 47:2 — Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.