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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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First mention

Genesis 24:65

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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.