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Originally Posted by Barnpreacher  Genesis 24:67, "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death." That seemed to be a covenantal marriage in the sight of God without a wedding ceremony. |
Not necessarily. The text may well assume that there was a wedding ceremony at some stage; it doesn't have to be explicitly reported for there to have been one.
If marriage is a covenant one must assume some sort of a formal (covenant) ceremony somwehere at sometime.