Genesis 24:57
55 But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
56 But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
58 They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
- KJV
- And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
- WEB
- They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”
- ASV
- And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
- DARBY
- And they said, Let us call the maiden and inquire at her mouth.
- BLB
- And they said, “Let us call for the young woman and let us ask at her mouth.”
- ÅB
- Da sa de: La oss kalle på piken og spørre henne selv!
- OTB
- Da sa de: "La oss kalle den unge kvinnen og spørre henne."
- B1930
- Da sa de: La oss kalle på piken og spørre henne selv!