The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
Parallel translations
- WEB The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.
- KJV And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
- NKJV So the young woman ran and told her mother’s household these things.
- NASB Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
- NLT The young woman ran home to tell her family everything that had happened.
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Quick answer
Rebekah runs to tell her mother's household about these events. She eagerly reports the remarkable encounter to her family.
Overview
Rebekah hurries home to share what has happened, setting in motion the family's involvement. Her eager response moves the betrothal forward. The narrative now shifts to her household, where the proposal will be made.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Gen 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Gen 24:55But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
- Gen 31:33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
- Gen 24:48Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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