“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.”
She asked the servant: who is that man in the field coming to meet us? He is my master, the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself. The covering of Rebekah with the veil is the ancient Near Eastern act of self-presentation as a bride — she veils herself for the covenant meeting. Song of Solomon 4:1 describes the beloved with the language of veil and encounter. The application: the acts of preparation and presentation that surround a covenant meeting are not mere formality but the honoring of what the meeting means.
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