Genesis 24:57

And they said: Let us call the maid, and ask her will.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

56Stay me not, said he, because the Lord hath prospered my way: send me away, that I may go to my master.

58And they called her, and when she was come, they asked: Wilt thou go with this man? She said: I will go.

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Cross References

Numbers 36:6And this is the law promulgated by the Lord touching the daughters of Salphaad: Let them marry to whom they will, only so that it be to 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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