‘And her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman remain with us for some days, or ten. After that she shall go”.'

To just have accepted the steward's haste would have been impolite, and there was a natural reluctance on the part of Laban and his mother to lose their sister and daughter so quickly. After all, up to the previous day there had been no thought of her going. So they suggest a short period prior to their departure, but assure him that this does not imply reluctance on their part.

“For days or ten” (literally). This probably signifies ‘for two or three days or even ten days'.

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