Genèse 24:28

28 La jeune fille courut raconter ces choses à la maison de sa mère.

Genèse 24:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:28

And the damsel ran
Having invited him to come and lodge at her father's house, that he might not be brought in abruptly, she ran before to acquaint the family of what had passed: and told [them] of her mother's house these things;
she did not go to her father to inform him of it; some think he was dead, as Josephus {g}, but the contrary appears from ( Genesis 24:50 ) ; rather the reason was, because her mother had an house, a tent, or an apartment to herself, as women in those times and places used to have, see ( Genesis 24:67 ) ; and because daughters are generally more free to converse with their mothers and impart things to them than to their fathers, which may be the true reason of Rebekah's conduct.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 16. sect. 2.

Genèse 24:28 In-Context

26 Alors l'homme s'inclina et se prosterna devant l'Eternel,

27 en disant: Béni soit l'Eternel, le Dieu de mon seigneur Abraham, qui n'a pas renoncé à sa miséricorde et à sa fidélité envers mon seigneur! Moi-même, l'Eternel m'a conduit à la maison des frères de mon seigneur.

28 La jeune fille courut raconter ces choses à la maison de sa mère.

29 Rebecca avait un frère, nommé Laban. Et Laban courut dehors vers l'homme, près de la source.

30 Il avait vu l'anneau et les bracelets aux mains de sa soeur, et il avait entendu les paroles de Rebecca, sa soeur, disant: Ainsi m'a parlé l'homme. Il vint donc à cet homme qui se tenait auprès des chameaux, vers la source,