59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
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But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 54-61)Rebekah is here taking leave of her father’s house; and 1. Abraham’s servant presses for a dismission. Though he and his company were very welcome, and very cheerful there, yet he said, Send me away (Gen. 24:54), and again, Gen. 24:56. He knew his master would expect him home with some impatience; he had business to do at home which wanted him, and therefore, as one that preferred his work before…
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