Genesis 24:31

³¹ And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.

Week

'A week' signifies state, and 'the seventh week,' a holy state.

The ancients understood 'a week' to mean any period divided into seven, whether days, years, or ages, long or short.