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.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
and her brother saith--her mother also--`Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.'
And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us [some] days, or [say] ten; after that she shall go.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)