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Genesis 24:60

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24:60 They blessed Rebekah with these words: 1 

“Our sister, may you become the mother 2  of thousands of ten thousands!

May your descendants possess the strongholds 3  of their enemies.”

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[24:60]  1 tn Heb “and said to her.”

[24:60]  2 tn Heb “become thousands of ten thousands.”

[24:60]  3 tn Heb “gate,” which here stands for a walled city. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the main area of defense (hence the translation “stronghold”). A similar phrase occurs in Gen 22:17.



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