Genesis 24:49 “Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me;…”

Genesis 24:49

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Now therefore, if ye will deale mercifully and truely with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me that I may turne me to the right hand or to the left.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

'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.'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“now if”

Genesis 47:29 Joshua 2:14

Genesis 47:29 · BSB

When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in E…

Joshua 2:14 · BSB

“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

“deal kindly and truly”

Genesis 32:10 Proverbs 3:3

Genesis 32:10 · BSB

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

Proverbs 3:3 · BSB

Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

“that I”

Numbers 20:17 Deuteronomy 2:27

Numbers 20:17 · BSB

Please let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed thro…

Deuteronomy 2:27 · BSB

“Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

48Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

50Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

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