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 24:50 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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