Genesis 24:49

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.””

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BSBPD

“Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 24:49 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 32:10I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  2. Genesis 47:29When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
  3. Numbers 20:17Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
  4. Deuteronomy 2:27“Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.
  5. Joshua 2:14“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
  6. Proverbs 3:3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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