Genesis 24:55
What does Genesis 24:55 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 24:55 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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
King James Version · 1611And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and her brother saith--her mother also--`Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay, at least, ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us [some] days, or [say] ten; after that she shall go.
Context
v.54And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
v.55This passage
v.56And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:29
And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.
- Judges 14:8
And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
- Genesis 4:3
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah.
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