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


In Context

47 "I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' "She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' "Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,

48 and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord . I praised the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.

49 Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn."

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

51 Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has directed."

52 When Abraham's servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord .

Genesis 24:50 in Other Translations

The King James 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 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.