Genesis 24:55

and her brother says—her mother also, “Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterward she goes.”

Literal Standard 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

54And they eat and drink, he and the men who [are] with him, and lodge all night; and they rise in the morning, and he says, “Send me to my lord”;

56And he says to them, “Do not delay me, seeing YHWH has prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord”;

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:29And when a man sells a dwelling-house [in] a walled city, then his right of redemption has been until the completion of a year from its selling; his right of redemption is [during these] days;

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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