Chuàngshìjì 24:49

49 Xiànzaì nǐmen ruò yuàn yǐ cíaì chéngshí daì wǒ zhǔrén , jiù gàosu wǒ . ruò bú rán , yĕ gàosu wǒ , shǐ wǒ kĕyǐ huò xiàng zuǒ , huò xiàng yòu .

Chuàngshìjì 24:49 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:49

And now, if you deal kindly and truly with my master, tell
me
The servant directs himself to more than one, to the whole family, especially to Laban and Bethuel; if you will do my master a kindness, and grant him the favour he requests, that a damsel of this family may be given for a wife to his son; and, if you are hearty and sincere in granting this, tell me at once: and if not, tell me:
if you do not choose to gratify my master, and are not hearty in this matter, let me know: that I may turn to the right hand or to the left;
look out elsewhere among the daughters of some of the other sons of Nahor; for he had seven more which Milcah bare to him besides Bethuel, as well as four others by a concubine, ( Genesis 22:20-24 ) ; though some of the Jewish writers

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 by "the right hand" understand the daughters of Ishmael, that dwelt to the right, and by "the left [hand]" the daughters of Lot, who were to the left, which is not likely: it seems to be only a proverbial expression, that, if they did not choose to attend to his proposal in his master's name, he must take some other method, as he might be directed; he knew not for the present which way, whether he should steer his course to the right or left, but some way he must take. The Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it,

``to the south or to the north;''

because when a man stands with his face to the east, the south is on his right hand, and the north on his left.
F15 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 60. fol. 53. 1. Jarchi in loc.

Chuàngshìjì 24:49 In-Context

47 Wǒ wèn tā shuō , nǐ shì shuí de nǚér , tā shuō , wǒ shì Mìjiā yǔ Náhè zhī zǐ Bǐtǔlì de nǚér . wǒ jiù bǎ huánzi daì zaì tā bízi shàng , bǎ zhuózi daì zaì tā liǎng shǒu shàng .

48 Suíhòu wǒ dī tóu xiàng Yēhéhuá xià baì , chēngsòng Yēhéhuá wǒ zhǔrén Yàbólāhǎn de shén . yīnwei tā yǐndǎo wǒ zǒu hé shì de dàolù , shǐ wǒ de zhe wǒ zhǔrén xiōngdi de sūnnǚ , gĕi wǒ zhǔrén de érzi wéi qi .

49 Xiànzaì nǐmen ruò yuàn yǐ cíaì chéngshí daì wǒ zhǔrén , jiù gàosu wǒ . ruò bú rán , yĕ gàosu wǒ , shǐ wǒ kĕyǐ huò xiàng zuǒ , huò xiàng yòu .

50 Lābān hé Bǐtǔlì huídá shuō , zhè shì nǎi chūyú Yēhéhuá , wǒmen bùnéng xiàng nǐ shuō hǎo shuō dǎi .

51 Kàn nǎ , Lìbǎijiā zaì nǐ miànqián , kĕyǐ jiāng tā daì qù , zhào zhe Yēhéhuá suǒ shuō de , gĕi nǐ zhǔrén de érzi wéi qì .