Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
- NKJV But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go.”
- NASB But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.”
- NLT “But we want Rebekah to stay with us at least ten days,” her brother and mother said. “Then she can go.”
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Cross-references · 3
- Lev 25:29“‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
- Judg 14:8After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
- Gen 4:3As time passed, Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.
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