The Meaning of Genesis 24:55 Explained

Genesis 24:55

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.

YLT: and her brother saith -- her mother also -- 'Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.'

Darby: And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us some days, or say ten; after that she shall 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Genesis 24:55 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 24:50-67 - Rebekah Marries Isaac
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 custom, but in her readiness on the following morning to start forthwith, it was clear that her heart had been already won. This favorable reply prostrated Eliezer to the earth with thankfulness. Would that we were always as eager to praise as to pray. The precious gifts with which the whole family were enriched, remind us of those gifts and graces with which the Holy Spirit, the Divine Wooer, enriches the soul that accepts His invitation to yield itself to the Divine Master, Christ. When her friends suggested delay, Rebekah would not hear of it. With his jewels on her person, the young girl longed to see the bridegroom himself. Her "I will go" settled the matter. The foretastes of our heavenly inheritance whet our appetite to see and be with him, whom, not having seen, we love. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 24

1  Abraham swears his servant
10  The servant's journey
12  His prayer
14  His sign
15  Rebekah meets him;
18  fulfils his sign;
22  receives jewels;
23  shows her kindred;
25  and invites him home
26  The servant blesses God
29  Laban entertains him
34  The servant shows his message
50  Laban and Bethuel approve it
58  Rebekah consents to go, and departs
62  Isaac meets and marries her

What do the individual words in Genesis 24:55 mean?

But said her brother and her mother let stay the girl with us [a few] days at least ten after [that] she may go
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אָחִ֙יהָ֙ וְאִמָּ֔הּ תֵּשֵׁ֨ב הַנַּעֲרָ֥ אִתָּ֛נוּ יָמִ֖ים א֣וֹ עָשׂ֑וֹר אַחַ֖ר תֵּלֵֽךְ

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר  But  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אָחִ֙יהָ֙  her  brother 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
וְאִמָּ֔הּ  and  her  mother 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
תֵּשֵׁ֨ב  let  stay 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הַנַּעֲרָ֥  the  girl 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
אִתָּ֛נוּ  with  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
יָמִ֖ים  [a  few]  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
א֣וֹ  at  least 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אֹו 
Sense: or, rather.
עָשׂ֑וֹר  ten 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָשֹׂור  
Sense: ten, decade.
אַחַ֖ר  after  [that] 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
תֵּלֵֽךְ  she  may  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.

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