Discovery BoxGenesis 24:55
Context24:55 But Rebekah’s 1 brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”
Genesis 24:8
Context24:8 But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, 2 you will be free 3 from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
[24:55] 1 tn Heb “her”; the referent (Rebekah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:8] 2 tn Heb “ to go after you.”
[24:8] 3 sn You will be free. If the prospective bride was not willing to accompany the servant back to Canaan, the servant would be released from his oath to Abraham.
