But Rebekah's brother and her mother replied: let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you may go. The request for delay — ten days — comes from the family's side: the mother and brother want more time with Rebekah before she departs. The understandable emotional request for delay is the last test of the mission's urgency. The application: the delays that come at the moment of completion — when the work is done and the journey home awaits — are often the hardest to navigate. Something always asks for ten more days.

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