Genesis 24:59
New International Version
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

New Living Translation
So they said good-bye to Rebekah and sent her away with Abraham’s servant and his men. The woman who had been Rebekah’s childhood nurse went along with her.

English Standard Version
So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Berean Standard Bible
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Berean Literal Bible
And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham and his men.

King James Bible
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

New King James Version
So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.

New American Standard Bible
So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.

NASB 1995
Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.

NASB 1977
Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.

Amplified Bible
So they sent off their sister Rebekah and her nurse [Deborah, as her attendant] and Abraham’s servant [Eliezer] and his men.

Berean Annotated Bible
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way (ensnarer), along with her nurse and Abraham’s (father of many) servant and his men.

Christian Standard Bible
So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her, and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her, and Abraham’s servant and his men.

American Standard Version
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Contemporary English Version
So they agreed to let Rebekah and an old family servant woman leave immediately with Abraham's servant and his men.

English Revised Version
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they let their sister Rebekah and her nurse go with Abraham's servant and his men.

Good News Translation
So they let Rebecca and her old family servant go with Abraham's servant and his men.

International Standard Version
So they sent off their sister Rebekah, along with her personal assistant, Abraham's servant, and his men.

NET Bible
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham's servant and his men.

New Heart English Bible
So they sent away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

World English Bible
They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they send away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men;

Berean Literal Bible
And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham and his men.

Young's Literal Translation
And they send away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men;

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will send forth Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So they sent her away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his company,

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, they released her and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham and his companions,

New American Bible
At this they sent off their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.

New Revised Standard Version
So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse along with Abraham’s servant and his men.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse and Abraham's servant and his men.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they sent Raphqa their sister and her nurse and the Servant of Abraham and his men.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraam, and his attendants.

Additional Translations ...



Context
Rebekah is Chosen
58They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied. 59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”…

Cross References
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way,

Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 31:55
Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
along with her nurse

Genesis 35:8
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

Exodus 2:7-9
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” / “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother. / Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
and Abraham’s servant

Genesis 15:2-3
But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” / Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Genesis 17:23-27
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him. / So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, / and his son Ishmael was thirteen; …
and his men.

Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Genesis 32:6
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
Genesis 12:1-3
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 28:1-5
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. / “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. / May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. …

Genesis 35:9-12
After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. / And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel. / And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. …

Genesis 46:1-4
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. / And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob. / “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. …

Genesis 50:24-25
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” / And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Exodus 3:6-8
Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. / The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Ruth 1:16-17
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. / Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”


Treasury of Scripture

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

their.

Genesis 24:50,53,60
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good…

nurse.

Genesis 35:8
But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Numbers 11:12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

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Genesis 24
1. Abraham swears his servant.
10. The servant's journey.
12. His prayer.
14. His sign.
15. Rebekah meets him;
18. fulfils his sign;
22. receives jewels;
23. shows her kindred;
25. and invites him home.
26. The servant blesses God.
29. Laban entertains him.
34. The servant shows his message.
50. Laban and Bethuel approve it.
58. Rebekah consents to go, and departs.
62. Isaac meets and marries her.












So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way,

Rebekah left her father’s household with her family’s consent and blessing to become Isaac’s wife. Her departure marked the customary transfer of a bride into her husband’s household and advanced God’s purpose of providing an heir-bearing wife for Isaac.

Gen 28:5 So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel…
Gen 31:55 Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed…
Gen 12:5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot,…

along with her nurse

Rebekah’s nurse accompanied her as a trusted caregiver and companion. Her presence reflects the family’s provision for Rebekah during the long journey and her transition into a new household.

Gen 35:8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under…
Exo 2:7-9 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter,…

and Abraham’s servant

Abraham’s servant returned with Rebekah after faithfully carrying out the assignment entrusted to him. His successful mission confirmed the Lord’s guidance in securing a wife for Isaac.

Gen 15:2-3 But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me?…
Gen 17:23-27 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael…

and his men.

The servant’s attendants provided protection and practical help for the journey. Their presence also reflects Abraham’s resources and the importance given to Rebekah’s safe arrival.

Gen 14:14 And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured…
Gen 32:6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said,…

Persons / Places / Events
1. Rebekah
A key figure in the Genesis account, Rebekah is the daughter of Bethuel and the sister of Laban. She becomes the wife of Isaac, continuing the Abrahamic lineage.

2. Rebekah's Nurse
Though not named in this verse, she is an important figure in Rebekah's life, providing care and support. Her presence signifies the importance of companionship and support in fulfilling God's plans.

3. Abraham's Servant
Likely Eliezer of Damascus, he is tasked with finding a wife for Isaac. His faithfulness and obedience are central to the unfolding of God's covenant promises.

4. Abraham
Though not directly mentioned in this verse, he is the patriarch whose faith and obedience set the stage for this event. His desire to find a suitable wife for Isaac is crucial for the continuation of God's covenant.

5. The Journey
The sending of Rebekah marks the beginning of her journey to Canaan, symbolizing a step of faith and obedience to God's plan.
Teaching Points
Faithful Obedience
Rebekah's willingness to leave her family and homeland reflects a deep trust in God's plan. Believers are called to step out in faith, trusting God's guidance even when the future is uncertain.

God's Sovereignty
The orchestration of events leading to Rebekah's journey highlights God's sovereign hand in fulfilling His promises. Trusting in God's sovereignty brings peace and assurance in our own lives.

The Role of Community
The presence of Rebekah's nurse and Abraham's servant underscores the importance of community and support in our spiritual journeys. We are encouraged to seek and provide support within the body of Christ.

Legacy of Faith
Rebekah's account is part of a larger account of faith passed down through generations. We are reminded of the impact our faith can have on future generations.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of Genesis 24:59?

2. How does Genesis 24:59 demonstrate obedience to God's plan for marriage?

3. What role does family blessing play in Genesis 24:59 and our lives today?

4. How does Rebekah's departure in Genesis 24:59 connect to leaving one's family for marriage?

5. How can we apply the faith shown in Genesis 24:59 to our decisions?

6. What does Genesis 24:59 teach about trusting God's guidance in life transitions?

7. Why did Rebekah agree to leave her family so quickly in Genesis 24:59?

8. What does Genesis 24:59 reveal about family dynamics in biblical times?

9. How does Genesis 24:59 reflect God's providence in Rebekah's journey?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Genesis 24?


(59) Their sister.--Bethuel may have had other sons, though Laban only is mentioned.

Her nurse.--How dear Deborah was, first to Rebekah, and afterwards to Jacob, may be seen by the lamentation at her death (Genesis 35:8).

Genesis 24:59 records a real, historical send-off: Rebekah’s family releases her, accompanied by lifelong caregiver, trusted emissary, and protective retinue. Each phrase shows God orchestrating events to advance His covenant promises—through obedient people, practical preparations, and literal journeys—all converging to bring Isaac and Rebekah together within the unfolding plan of redemption.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So they sent
וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֛וּ (way·šal·lə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

their sister
אֲחֹתָ֖ם (’ă·ḥō·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

Rebekah {on her way},
רִבְקָ֥ה (riḇ·qāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7259: Rebekah -- wife of Isaac

along with her nurse
מֵנִקְתָּ֑הּ (mê·niq·tāh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3243: To suck, to give milk

and Abraham’s
אַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

servant
עֶ֥בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

and his men.
אֲנָשָֽׁיו׃ (’ă·nā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person


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