Genesis 24:57
in Genesis 24So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
KJV
And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
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This verse in Genesis 24
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd they said, we will call the damsel,.... Who perhaps through modesty had withdrawn herself to her own apartment, while the man and her friends were discoursing on this subject: and inquire at her mouth; what she says to it, whether willing to go directly or not; the matter in question was referred to her, and left to her decision.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): Call the damsel (who had retired to her apartment with a modest silence) and enquire at her mouth. Note, As children ought not to marry without their parents' consent, so parents ought not to marry them without their own. Before the matter is resolved on, "Ask at the damsel's mouth;" she is a party principally concerned, and therefore ought to be principally consulted.
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And they said, we will call the damsel,.... Who perhaps through modesty had withdrawn herself to her own apartment, while the man and her friends were discoursing on this subject: and inquire at her mouth; what she says to it, whether willing to go directly or not; the matter in question was referred to her, and left to her decision.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| נִקְרָ֣א | nikra' | let us summon | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לַֽנַּעֲרָ֑ | lanaara | <to> the young woman | H5291 → | 63 times |
| וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖ה | venishalah | and let us ask | H7592 → | 171 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פִּֽיהָ׃ | piha | mouth her | H6310 → | 498 times |
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
נִקְרָ֣אlet us summon
nikra'H7121 →733 times
לַֽנַּעֲרָ֑<to> the young woman
lanaaraH5291 →63 times
וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖הand let us ask
venishalahH7592 →171 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פִּֽיהָ׃mouth her
pihaH6310 →498 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.