Genesis 24:55

But her brother and her mother said, “Let her stay with us for another ten days or so. She can leave after that.”

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

54He and the men with him ate and drank, and spent the night there. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now and go home to my master.”

56“Please don't delay me,” he told them. “The Lord has made my journey successful, so let me leave and go back to my master.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:29If someone sells a house located in a walled town, they have the right to buy it back for a full year after selling it. It can be bought back any time during that year.

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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