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BrLXXΕἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ, μεινάτω ἡ παρθένος μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἡμέρας ὡσεὶ δέκα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπελεύσεται. (Eipan de hoi adelfoi autaʸs, kai haʸ maʸtaʸr, meinatō haʸ parthenos methʼ haʸmōn haʸmeras hōsei deka, kai meta tauta apeleusetai. )
BrTrAnd her brethren and her mother said, Let the virgin remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart.
ULTBut her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
USTBut Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied, “Please let the young woman stay here with us for another ten days or so. Then you can go and take her with you.”
BSB § But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
OEBBut Rebekah’s brother and mother answered, ‘Let the young woman stay with us a month or at least ten days; after that she may go.’
WEBBEHer brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
KJB-1611[fn]And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsell abide with vs a few dayes, at the least ten; after that, she shall goe. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsHer brother and her mother aunswered: let the damsell abyde with vs, and it be but euen ten dayes, and then shall she go. (Her brother and her mother answered: let the damsel abide with us, and it be but even ten days, and then shall she go.)
GnvaThen her brother and her mother answered, Let the maide abide with vs, at the least ten dayes: then shall she goe. (Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maid abide with us, at the least ten days: then shall she go. )
CvdlNeuerthelesse hir brother and hir mother sayde: Let the damsell tary with vs at the leest ten dayes, and then shall she go. (Nevertheless her brother and her mother said: Let the damsel tarry/wait with us at the least ten days, and then shall she go.)
WyclHir britheren and modir answerden, The damesele dwelle nameli ten daies at vs, and aftirward sche schal go forth. (Hir brethren/brothers and mother answered, The damesele dwell nameli ten days at us, and afterward she shall go forth.)
LuthAber ihr Bruder und Mutter sprachen: Laß doch die Dirne einen Tag oder zehn bei uns bleiben, danach sollst du ziehen. (But you/their/her brother and mother said: Let though/but the prostitute a Tag or ten at us/to_us/ourselves bleiben, after/thereafter/then should you ziehen.)
ClVgResponderuntque fratres ejus et mater: Maneat puella saltem decem dies apud nos, et postea proficiscetur. (Responderuntque brothers his and mater: Maneat puella saltem ten days apud we, and postea proficiscetur. )
24:1-67 Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah ensured that God’s plan would continue into the next generation. God showed covenant faithfulness by working through his faithful people (24:12, 27, 49).
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
