Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 24:28

28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mothers house these things.

Not, of her Fathers house; either because her Father was now dead, and Bethuel, who is hereafter mentioned, was not L[illegible: 1+ letters]bans Father, but his Brother so called: Or because the Women had distinct appartiments in the houses, and she went first thither according to her custom.