50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.


In Context

47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

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.

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.

50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

Genesis 24:50 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the Lord ; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:50And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord, we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah. We cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:50And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from Jehovah: we cannot speak to thee bad or good.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered, and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak to thee bad or good.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered, |The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:50And Laban answereth — Bethuel also — and they say, 'The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from the LORD: we cannot speak to you bad or good.