Genesis 24:55

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”

Majority Standard Bible

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

54Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

56But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:29If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.

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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