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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
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
1 Kings 2:19
And Bathsheba came in to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat on his throne, and 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, far gone in days, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Leviticus 15:19
And if a woman has an issue, and her issue in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days. And whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.