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 days being sometimes put for a year. And if we may credit Jewish writers, it was customary for a virgin to have twelve months allowed her to furnish herself with ornaments. But it is very improbable that Rebekah's friends should desire or expect such a thing from this man, considering how anxious he was to return immediately.