“Rebecca lifted her eyes, she saw Isaac, and she fell from upon the camel” (Genesis 24:64). “Rebecca lifted her eyes, she saw Isaac” – Rav Huna said: She saw that his hand was outstretched in prayer. She said: ‘He is certainly a great man,’ and that is why she inquired about him.53See the next verse. “She fell [vatipol] from upon the camel” – she tilted herself downward,54It does not mean that she actually fell to the ground. just as it says: “When he stumbles [yipol], he will not fall” (Psalms 37:24).55The verse shows that yipol does not necessarily mean to fall.
“She said to the servant: Who is that man who is walking in the field toward us? The servant said: He is my master. She took the veil, and covered herself” (Genesis 24:65). “She said to the servant: [Who is that [halazeh] man]” – Rabbi Ḥiyya said: She saw that he was attractive and was overwhelmed before him, just as it says: “Behold, here comes that [halazeh] dreamer” (Genesis 37:19).56Halazeh is used in reference to Joseph, who was very attractive (see Genesis 39:6).
The same was true of Isaac. The Rabbis said: [Halazeh means:] He and his accompanying angel; halazeh [as an abbreviation for] that different one [alon zeh].57Rebecca saw that the individual accompanying Isaac was no ordinary man. “The servant said: He is my master. [She took the veil, and covered herself]” – there are two people who covered themselves with a veil, and they both bore twins: Rebecca and Tamar.
Rebecca – “she took the veil”; Tamar – “she covered herself with a veil, and she wrapped herself” (Genesis 38:14). “The servant related to Isaac all the matters that he had done” (Genesis 24:66). “The servant related to Isaac [all the matters]” – Rabbi Eliezer said: The general statements of the Torah58Such as here, where the Torah makes the general statement that Eliezer related “all the matters,” but does not specify what they were. are more common than its detailed statements, as, if it had desired to write it [the details of what had transpired], it would have written two or three [more] columns.
The Rabbis say: He revealed to him the matters that involved praise [for God], [such as] that the path was miraculously shortened for him.