Genesis 24:56-60 - Exposition

Still urging his suit for permission to depart, Laban and the mother of Rebekah proposed that the maiden should be left to decide a matter so important for her by her own inclinations. When consulted she expressed her readiness at once to accompany the venerable messenger to his distant home; and accordingly, without more delay, she was dismissed from her mother's tent, attended by a faithful nurse ( Genesis 35:8 ) and enriched by the blessing of her pious relatives, who said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions (literally, our sister thou , become to thousands of myriads , i.e. let thy descendants be very numerous), and let thy seed possess the gate ( vide Genesis 22:17 ) of those which hate them.