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veil
Rebekah veils herself when approaching Isaac in the field; Tamar veils herself to disguise her identity at Enaim in Genesis 38.
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Objects
First mention
Genesis 24:65
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2
Genesis 24, 38Marriage custom
Scripture references
- Genesis 24:65
So she took her veil and covered herself up.
- Genesis 38:14
she changed out of her widow's clothes, wrapped a veil around her to disguise herself, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah;
- Genesis 38:15
Judah, seeing her, took her for a prostitute, since her face was veiled.
- Genesis 38:19
Then she got up and left him and, taking off her veil, resumed her widow's weeds.