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Genesis 24:57

They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 57. We will call the damsel. Bethuel, who had…

57. We will call the damsel. Bethuel, who had before unreservedly given his daughter in marriage, now seems to adhere, with but little constancy, to his purpose. When, however, he had previously offered his daughter, without making any exception, he is to be understood as having done it, only so far as he was able. But now, Moses declares that he did not exercise tyranny over his daughter, so as to thrust her out reluctantly, or to compel her to marry against her will, but left her to her own free choice. Truly, in this matter, the authority of parents ought to be sacred: but a middle course is to be pursued, so that the parties concerned may make their contract spontaneously, and with mutual consent. It is not right to understand that Rebekah in answering so explicitly, showed contempt for the paternal roof, or too anxiously desired a husband; but since she saw that the affair was transacted by the authority of her father, and with the consent of her mother, she also herself acquiesced in it.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This showeth that parents have not authority to marry…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 24:57 And they said, We will call the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. Understand her mind by her words, not so…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Isaac came from the way of the well…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth -…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 24:57. Call the damsel, and inquire — As…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Let us call the maid, and ask her will.…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:57-58 Rebekah’s decision to leave immediately to be with…
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