King James Version
Genesis 24:49 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
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.
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.
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.
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
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used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“And now if ye will”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
“kindly”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“me and if not tell”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“me and if not tell”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“me that I may turn”
H6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“to the right hand”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
“or”
H176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“to the left”
H8040properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
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