Genesis 24:59 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. And her nurse - Whose name, we learn from Genesis 35:8, was Deborah, and who, as a second mother, was deemed proper to accompany Rebekah. This was a measure dictated by good sense and prudence. Rebekah had other female attendants. See Genesis 24:61.

Genesis 24:59

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