And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
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Gill's Exposition
And said,.... After he had given her the earring and the bracelets, he put the following question, according to Jarchi, and so our version seems to intimate the same; but, as it is related in Gen…
- The Marriage of Isaac 26. קרד qādad, “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh, “bow the body.” 29. לבן lābān, “Laban, white.” In this circumstantial account of the marriage of Isaac, we have a beautiful…
Abraham's servant now begins to make a figure in this story; and, though he is not named, yet much is here recorded to his honour, and for an example to all servants, who shall be honoured if, by…
Cambridge Bible
room Lit. "place" as in Gen 24:24. Cf. Psa 31:8, "in a large room" (A.V.) = "in a large place" (R.V.).