Genesis 24:15 - Exposition

And it came to pass (not certainly by accident, but by Divine arrangement), before he had done speaking, that ,—his prayer was answered (cf. Isaiah 65:24 ; Daniel 9:20 , Daniel 9:21 ). From Genesis 24:45 it appears that the servant's prayer was not articulately spoken, but offered "in his heart;" whence the LXX . add ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ — behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother ( vide Genesis 22:23 ), with her pitcher —the cad (cf. κάδος, cadus ) was a pail for drawing water, which women were accustomed to carry on their shoulders; it was this sort of vessel Gideon's men employed ( 7:20 )— upon her shoulder —in exact correspondence with Oriental custom—the Egyptian and the Negro carrying on the head, the Syrian on the shoulder or the hip.