Genesis 24:55

But Rebekah’s brother and mother answered, “Let the young woman stay with us a month or at least ten days; after that she may go.”

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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 who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they rose in the morning, the servant said, “Send me away to my master.”

56But he said to them, “Do not delay me, for the Lord has given me success. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

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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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