046. "She Took a Veil and Covered Herself"

"She Took a Veil and Covered Herself"

(Genesis 24:65) "When Rebekah saw Isaac in the field, she took a veil and covered herself." The veil is a very important and indispensable article in the East and has been so since the very earliest times. The women have at least four kinds of veils; two kinds for the home and two different kinds for the street. The first is made like a kerchief, falling on the back of the wearer just as an ornament. The second passes under the chin and falls over the chest. The third is the white veil, which covers the whole body, nearly. The fourth is a sort of handkerchief, which is worn to cover the face. For a woman to be seen on the street without a veil would be a calamity. In ancient times the veil was the most important part of an Eastern woman’s dress - her chief concern was always to hide her face. Only the Christian women go unveiled today.