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She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself.
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Verse 65. Cloak, or summer veil, covering the whole body, and having an opening only for the eyes; such as the Eastern ladies use. Saint Jerome in Isai. iii. Rebecca does this out of modesty. Bible.—She prefigures the Gentiles, whom Jesus calls by his servants laden with his gifts, to become his spouse, or his Church, ( Calmet.) at the fountain of baptism. He adorns her with the ear-rings of obedience, and the bracelets of good works. D.
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