Genesis 24:64

lighted off the camel i.e. she "alighted," or "leapt down from." Her action is that of Oriental courtesy: cf. Joshua 15:18; Jdg 1:14; 1 Samuel 25:23; 2 Kings 5:21. See Thomson's Land and Book, p. 593, "Women frequently refuse to ride in the presence of men; and when a company of them are to pass through a town, they often dismount and walk."