She's on the camel going there and she comes up to the place, she has no idea who יצחק is yet and she sees him praying and just falls off her camel. Because she's from an idol worshipping people, so she's overwhelmed at the site of him contemplating G-d. She takes a scarf and hides herself - showing that she felt a little inferior to him.
When they get married, it says that יצחק is in love with her and he's comforted by her, but it never mentions רבקה. We don't see any interaction between them. This is weird to us because it's like the polar opposite of אברהם and שרה.
I find it really interesting how רבקה is so overwhelmed by יצחק praying/contemplating G-d. Often times, when learning תורה we don't think of there being other people other than the Jewish people. And especially when thinking רבקה we don't think that. So it's interesting to actually think that she was so used to idol worshipping that she wasn't used to contemplating G-d and was so overwhelmed by it.
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