Genesis 24:50
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 24:50 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 24:50 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 24:50 — KJV
“Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.”
— Genesis 24:50 (KJV)
Genesis 24:50 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 24:50
“If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?”
Shares key themes with Genesis 24:50: lord, cannot, speak
“Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 24:50: then, answered, thing
“And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 24:50: then, lord, bad
“And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 24:50: then, answered, lord
“Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. comfortable: Heb. for rest to discern: Heb. to hear”
Shares key themes with Genesis 24:50: then, lord, bad
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