Genesis 24 · Verse 49

Genesis 24:49

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Genesis 24:49, King James Version

Genesis 24:49 in other translations

BSB	Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
WEB	Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”
ASV	And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
YLT	‘And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.'
DARBY	And now, if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; and I will turn to the right hand or to the left.
BBE	And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.
Webster	And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

What does Genesis 24:49 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 24:32-49

32-49. the man came into the house, &c.--What a beautiful picture of piety, fidelity, and disinterestedness in a servant! He declined all attention to his own comforts till he had told his name and his errand.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 49 That I may turn to the right hand or to the left - That is, That I may go elsewhere and seek a proper match for the son of my master. Some have imagined that Eliezer intimated by these expressions that if he did not succeed in obtaining Rebekah, he would go and seek for a wife either among the descendants of Ishmael or the descendants of Lot. This interpretation is fanciful.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 24:29-53

The making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah is told very particularly. We are to notice God's providence in the common events of human life, and in them to exercise prudence and other graces. Laban went to ask Abraham's servant in, but not till he saw the ear-ring, and bracelet upon his sister's hands. We know Laban's character, by his conduct afterwards, and may think that he would not have been so free…

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Genesis 24:49 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְ֠עַתָּהVe.'a.tahand nowH6258

אִם\־'im-ifH518

יֶשְׁכֶ֨םyesh.Khem[are] there youH3426

עֹשִׂ֜ים'o.SimdoingH6213

חֶ֧סֶדChe.sedloyaltyH2617

וֶֽאֱמֶ֛תve.'e.Metand faithfulnessH571

אֶת\־'et-withH854

אֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.Nimaster myH113

הַגִּ֣ידוּha.Gi.dutellH5046

לִ֑יLito <the> me

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518

לֹ֕אlo'notH3808

הַגִּ֣ידוּha.Gi.dutellH5046

לִ֔יLito <the> me

וְאֶפְנֶ֥הve.'ef.Nehso I may turnH6437

עַל\־'al-toH5921

יָמִ֖יןya.MinrightH3225

א֥וֹ'oorH176

עַל\־'al-toH5921

שְׂמֹֽאל\׃se.MolleftH8040

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Cross references for Genesis 24:49

Genesis 47:29
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Joshua 2:14
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
Proverbs 3:3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Numbers 20:17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
Deuteronomy 2:27
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

now if.
47:29; Jos 2:14
deal kindly and truly. Heb. do mercy and truth.
32:10; Pr 3:3
that I.
Nu 20:17; De 2:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Genesis 24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
Genesis 24:49
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

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Genesis 24:49 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Ahora pues, si vosotros hacéis misericordia y verdad con mi señor, declarádmelo; y si no, declarádmelo; y echaré á la diestra ó á la siniestra.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et maintenant, si vous voulez user de grâce et de vérité envers mon seigneur, déclarez-le-moi; et sinon, déclarez-le-moi, et je me tournerai à droite ou à gauche.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und nun, wenn ihr Güte und Treue an meinem Herrn erweisen wollt, so tut es mir kund; und wenn nicht, so tut es mir kund, und ich werde mich zur Rechten oder zur Linken wenden.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Quam ob rem si facitis misericordiam et veritatem cum domino meo, indicate mihi: sin autem aliud placet, et hoc dicite mihi, ut vadam ad dextram, sive ad sinistram.