Genesis 24:65
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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.and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
In other translations
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.and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
Hebrew words
וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559אֶל־'el-toH413הָעֶבֶדha'evedthe servantH5650מִי־mi-who?H4310הָאִישׁha'ish[is] the manH376הַלָּזֶהhalazehthisH1976הַהֹלֵךְhaholekhwho is walkingH1980בַּשָּׂדֶהbasadehin the fieldH7704לִקְרָאתֵנוּlikratenuto meet usH7122וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הָעֶבֶדha'evedthe servantH5650הוּאhu'itH1931אֲדֹנִי'adoni[is] master myH113וַתִּקַּחvatikachand she tookH3947הַצָּעִיףhatza'ifthe veilH6809וַתִּתְכָּס׃vatitkasand she covered herselfH3680
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Timothy 2:9In 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;Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Corinthians 11:5-65 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. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved. 6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
- 1 Corinthians 11:10For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
- Genesis 20:16And 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 reproved.And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
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