Genesis 24:49

KJV1611 – Modern English

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."

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Now if you are willing to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me. If not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right or to the left.

  • King James Version 1769 (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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And now if ye will{H3426} deal{H6213} kindly{H2617} and truly{H571} with my master,{H113} tell{H5046} me: and if not, tell{H5046} me; that I may turn{H6437} to the right hand,{H3225} or{H176} to the left.{H8040}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And now if ye will{H3426} deal{H6213}{(H8802)} kindly{H2617} and truly{H571} with my master{H113}, tell{H5046}{(H8685)} me: and if not, tell{H5046}{(H8685)} me; that I may turn{H6437}{(H8799)} to the right hand{H3225}, or{H176} to the left{H8040}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Now therfore yf ye will deall mercyfully and truly with my master tell me. And yf no tell me also: that I maye turne me to the right hande or to the left.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf ye be they then that shew mercy and faithfulnes vnto my master, tell me: Yf not, yet tell me, that I maye turne me to ye right hande or to the left.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Nowe also if he wyll consent to deale mercyfully and truely with my maister, tel me: and if not, tel me also, that I may turne me to the ryght hande, or to the left.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `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.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 47:29 : 29 And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; do not bury me, I pray you, in Egypt:
  • Josh 2:14 : 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if you do not reveal this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
  • Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart:
  • Num 20:17 : 17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territories."
  • Deut 2:27 : 27 Let me pass through your land; I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 24:47-48
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    81%

    47 Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

    48 And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

  • Gen 24:37-45
    9 verses
    79%

    37 Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

    38 but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

    39 And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'

    40 But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.

    41 You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family, for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'

    42 And this day I came to the well and said, 'O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

    43 behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

    44 and she says to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

    45 But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

  • Gen 24:27-28
    2 verses
    79%

    27 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."

    28 So the young woman ran and told her mother's household these things.

  • 12 And he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray, give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 24:50-51
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    50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.

    51 Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."

  • 9 Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

  • 14 Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

  • Gen 24:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7 The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

    8 And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

    9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

  • Gen 24:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"

    24 So she said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah's son, whom she bore to Nahor."

  • Gen 24:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

    5 And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?"

  • 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, do not pass away, I pray you, from your servant.

  • Gen 24:56-57
    2 verses
    74%

    56 And he said to them, "Do not hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master."

    57 So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally."

  • Gen 24:34-35
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    34 So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

    35 The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

  • Gen 30:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

    27 Laban said to him, "I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."

    28 He said, "Set your wages, and I will give it."

    29 He said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your cattle have been with me."

  • Gen 44:33-34
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    33 Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

    34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

  • 23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

  • 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

  • 12 Now therefore, I pray, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shown you kindness, that you will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

  • 54 And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

  • 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

  • 2 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh,

  • 34 Laban said, "Behold, I would it might be according to your word."

  • 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in your sight, then show me a sign that you talk with me.

  • 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man; stay with me.

  • 29 It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.