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Selected Verse: Genesis 24:28 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 24:28 |
Strong Concordance |
And the damsel [05291] ran [07323], and told [05046] them of her mother's [0517] house [01004] these things [01697]. |
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King James |
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
and told them of her mother's house these things--the female apartments. This family was in an advanced stage of pastoral life, dwelling in a settled place and a fixed habitation. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Her mother's house - Some have conjectured from this that her father Bethuel was dead; and the person called Bethuel, Gen 24:50, was a younger brother. This is possible, but the mother's house might be mentioned were even the father alive; for in Asiatic countries the women have apartments entirely separate from those of the men, in which their little children and grown-up daughters reside with them. This was probably the case here, though it is very likely that Bethuel was dead, as the whole business appears to be conducted by Rebekah's brothers. |
50 Then Laban [03837] and Bethuel [01328] answered [06030] and said [0559], The thing [01697] proceedeth [03318] from the LORD [03068]: we cannot [03201] speak [01696] unto thee bad [07451] or [0176] good [02896].