Genesis 24:55
Good News Translation
But Rebecca's brother and her mother said, "Let her stay with us a week or ten days, and then she may go."

New Revised Standard Version
Her brother and her mother said, “Let the girl remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go.”

Contemporary English Version
"Let Rebekah stay with us for a week or ten days," they answered. "Then she may go."

New American Bible
Her brother and mother replied, “Let the young woman stay with us a short while, say ten days; after that she may go.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay, at least, ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay, at least, ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart.

a few days.

Genesis 4:3 And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.

Leviticus 25:29 He that selleth a house within the walls of a city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one year be expired.

Judges 14:8 And after some days, returning to take her, he went aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold there was a swarm of bees in the mouth of the lion, and a honey-comb.

Context
Rebekah is Chosen
54And a banquet was made, and they ate and drank together, and lodged there. And in the morning, the servant arose, and said: Let me depart, that I may go to my master. 55And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay, at least, ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart.56Stay me not, said he, because the Lord hath prospered my way: send me away, that I may go to my master.…
Cross References
Judges 19:4
And embraced the man. And the son in law tarried in the house of his father in law three days, eating with him and drinking familiarly.

Genesis 24:56
Stay me not, said he, because the Lord hath prospered my way: send me away, that I may go to my master.

Genesis 24:54
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