Genesis 24:55 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 24:55

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten - The original is very abrupt and obscure, because we are not acquainted with the precise meaning of the form of speech which is here used; ימים או עשור yamim o asor Days or Ten, probably meaning a year or ten months, as the margin reads it, or a week or ten days. This latter is the most likely sense, as there would be no propriety after having given their consent that she should go, in detaining her for a year or ten months.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They had consented to the marriage, and yet were loth to part with her. Note, It is an instance of the vanity of this world that there is nothing in it so agreeable but it has its alloy. Nulla est sincera voluptas--There is no unmingled pleasure.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אָחִ֙יהָ֙	'a.Chi.ha	brother her	H251 →
וְאִמָּ֔הּ	ve.'i.Mah	and mother her	H517 →
תֵּשֵׁ֨ב	te.Shev	let her remain	H3427 →
הַנַּעֲרָ֥	ha.na.'a.Ra	the young woman	H5291 →
אִתָּ֛נוּ	'i.Ta.nu	with us	H854 →
יָמִ֖ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
א֣וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
עָשׂ֑וֹר	a.Sor	ten	H6218 →
אַחַ֖ר	'a.Char	after	H310 →
תֵּלֵֽךְ׃	te.Lekh	she will go	H1980 →

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So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
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- Leviticus 2:1–11
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- Matthew 1:20
  But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife,…
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  Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis