Genesis 24:57

And they said, “Let us call the girl, and ask her will.”

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In The King James Version

And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

In Context

56“Do not be willing,” he said, “to delay me, for the Lord has directed my way. Release me, so that I may journey to my lord.”

58And when, having been called, she arrived, they wanted to know, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”

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Cross References

Numbers 36:6And so, this is the law which has been promulgated by the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry whomever they may wish, but only among the men of their own tribe,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:55-62

Rebekah's Departure. ( b. c. 1857.) 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. 58… Read the whole commentary →

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