After the consent comes the unpacking. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 24:53 describes Eliezer bringing out vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and vestments, which he gave to Rivekah. Then he gave presents to her brother and to her mother.

Notice the distribution. Rivekah gets the major wealth — the wearable riches, the vestments, the vessels of precious metal. Her brother and mother receive presents. The Aramaic word the Targum uses is a lesser category. Honorable, but secondary.

The message is encoded in the quantities. The bride is the event, not the transaction. Abraham's house is not purchasing a woman; it is honoring a family that released her. The wealth placed in Rivekah's hands is hers — it travels with her to her new life. The gifts to the family are the courtesy that any honorable marriage requires.

Notice what is missing too. No gifts to Bethuel the father. The Targum has already planted the knowledge that Bethuel was the man who prepared the poisoned dinner. The servant, consciously or not, hands presents to the mother and the brother — the decent part of the household — and skips the patriarch who tried to kill him. Providence is shaping the ceremony.

For the Maggid's listeners, this verse becomes a template. When you celebrate a marriage in the covenant family, dress the bride in abundance, thank the household that gave her, and let the gifts themselves mark what the household was. The vessels never lie about the story.