Rebekah Is Chosen
Genesis 24:55
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may 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.a few…: or, a full year, or ten months
- 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.”
- 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.
- LSV
- and her brother says—her mother also, “Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterward she goes.”
- YLT
- and her brother saith — her mother also — 'Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.'
- DBY
- And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us [some] days, or [say] ten; after that she shall go.
- DRC
- And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay at least ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart.
- GNV
- Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maide abide with vs, at the least ten dayes: then shall she goe.
- JPS
- 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.'
- LXXE
- And her brethren and her mother said, Let the virgin remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart.
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- the scribal traditions (Masora / Sopherim) reads וְאַחַ֖ר (“and after”); Leningrad Codex reads אַחַ֖ר (“after”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אָחִ֨יהָ֙ וְאִמָּ֔הּ תֵּשֵׁ֨ב הַנַּעֲרָ֥ אִתָּ֛נוּ יָמִ֖ים א֣וֹ עָשׂ֑וֹר אַחַ֖ר תֵּלֵֽךְ׃
- LXX-Br
- Εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ, μεινάτω ἡ παρθένος μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἡμέρας ὡσεὶ δέκα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπελεύσεται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Judges 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.
- Genesis 4:3So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
- Leviticus 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.
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