Genesis 24:55 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Genesis 24:55 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Marriage of Isaac 26. קרד qādad , “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh , “bow the body.” 29. לבן lābān , “Laban, white.” In this circumstantial account of the marriage of Isaa...
Genesis 24:55 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24. At his Master's Command, Abraham's Slave Brings Rebekah to Canaan as a Wife for Isaac. The chapter has generally been assigned to J, but it is probably composite, and has been put toget...
Genesis 24:55 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ten. Seven days. a week, but ten or. decad (1/3 of. month) sometimes reckoned as. longer, but strictly defined period. Compare Exodus 12:3 . Leviticus 16:29 .
Genesis 24:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten - The original is...
Genesis 24:55 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. And her brother and her mother. Although Bethuel was alive ( Genesis 2...
Genesis 24:55 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah A charming picture of patriarchal marriage customs. It is very characteristic of the Primitive source.
Genesis 24:55 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A few days, at the least ten. — Heb., days or a decade, which Onkelos, Saadja, Rashi, and others translate as in the margin: “a year or ten months.” But while this rendering has high Jewish autho...
Genesis 24:55 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ISAAC'S MARRIAGE Genesis 24:1-67 "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised."- Proverbs 31:30 . "WHEN a son has attained the age of twen...
Genesis 24:55 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rebekah Marries Isaac Genesis 24:50-67 Rebekah's relatives recognized the hand of God in what had taken place, and could not demur. The maiden herself was not asked, according to Oriental custo...
Genesis 24:55 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter is complete in itself and is a perfect idyll. Abraham was well stricken in years. Sarah was dead. Isaac, the son of Abraham, was still unmarried. In the interest of the divine program Is...
Genesis 24:55 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. And there was set meat bef...
Genesis 24:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And her brother and her mother said ,.... Here her brother Laban is set before his mother, as above before his father, being the chief speaker and the principal manager of business: let the damsel...
Genesis 24:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 55. Let the damsel abide with us. ] Men promise in baste; perform by...
Genesis 24:55 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let her abide a few days, at least ten The words in the Hebrew here, ימים או עשׂור, are rather equivocal, and may be rendered, as in the margin, a full year, or ten months , the word translated d...
Genesis 24:55 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISAAC'S BRIDE FROM HIS FATHER'S FAMILY Only after Sarah has died does Isaac receive a wife. When Israel, after the death of the Lord Jesus, was set aside as the vessel of God's testimony in the wo...
Genesis 24:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rebekah's Departure. B. C. 1857. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that w...
Genesis 24:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Others thus, a year, or at the least ten months, the word days being put for a year, as elsewhere. But it is very improbable that they would demand or expect such a thing from this man, whom th...
Genesis 24:55 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman remain with us for some days, or ten. After that she shall go”.' To just have accepted the steward's haste would have been impolite, and t...
Genesis 24:55 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 24:50 . The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto the bad or good.] Heb. “The word cometh forth from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or g...
Genesis 24:55 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:1 . The Lord had blessed Abraham with all the four patriarchal blessings: viz. length of days, a promising issue, vast riches, and victory over his oppressors. Genesis 24:2 . Under...
Genesis 24:55 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abide with us a few days Delay is dangerous We shall not have anything more to do with Laban to-night, than to use his desire to retain his good sister Rebekah as an illustration of the way in...
Genesis 24:55 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. "White," whose character has been considerably traduced, the Biblical narrative not representing him as "a mons...
Genesis 24:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rebekah Consents to Become Isaac's Bride
Genesis 24:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a few days. or, a full year, or ten months. Genesis 4:3 Leviticus 25:29 Judges 14:8
Genesis 24:55 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Over the Desert Sands Genesis 24:28-67 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Lord honored a marriage scene in Cana of Galilee with His presence. Marriage is honorable in all. God has said, "It is not good th...
Genesis 24:55 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let her abide a few days, at least ten — They had consented to the marriage, and yet were loth to part with her. It is an instance of the vanity of this world, that there is nothing in it so agreea...

Genesis 24:55 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 24:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 24:55 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 24:55 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 24:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 24:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 24:55 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:55 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 24:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:55 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 24:55 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:55 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 24:55 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 24:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 24:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 24:55 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 24:55 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes