But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
- 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.
- 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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Quick answer
Rebekah's family asks that she stay with them at least ten days before departing.
Overview
Naturally reluctant to part so quickly, the family requests a brief delay. Their hesitation is understandable and human, yet it stands in tension with the servant's God-given urgency. The scene sets up Rebekah's decisive role in the matter.
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Cross-references · 3
- Lev 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.
- Gen 4:3So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
- Judg 14:8When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
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