Abraham's Servant Gains Rebecca as a Wife for Isaac
12th-13th century
Mosaic
Cathedral of the Assumption, Monreale, Sicily
Genesis 24:54b-61. Rebecca and Abraham's servant are on the camels journeying from her home to Isaac's, where she will be married. The servant's companions (24:59) are on foot guiding the camels. The inscription says rebecca vadit cum servo abrahe, "Rebecca goes with the servant of Abraham."
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Photographed at the cathedral by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.