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Genesis 24:50 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Genesis 24:50Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:5014 words
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
לָבָןlāvānLaban
וּבְתוּאֵלûvətûʾēlAnd Bethuel
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
מֵיְהוָהmêhwāhFrom LORD
יָצָאyāṣāʾGo
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
רַעraʿBad
אוֹʾwōDesire
טוֹבṭwōvGood
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
לָבָןlāvānLaban
וּבְתוּאֵלûvətûʾēlAnd Bethuel
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
מֵיְהוָהmêhwāhFrom LORD
יָצָאyāṣāʾGo
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
רַעraʿBad
אוֹʾwōDesire
טוֹבṭwōvGood

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