Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
Rise up
Custom
Bible References
Rise up
Leviticus 19:32
Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
1 Kings 2:19
And Bathsheba went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne; and he caused a throne to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.
Custom
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Leviticus 15:19
And if a woman have a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood, she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.