Then, before the servant finished praying, a young woman named Rebekah came to the well. Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel. Bethuel was the son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham’s brother. Rebekah came to the well with her water jar on her shoulder.
Genesis 24:50 - Easy To Read Version Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “We see this is from the Lord, so there is nothing we can say to change it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Laban and Bethuel answered, The thing comes forth from the Lord; we cannot speak bad or good to you. American Standard Version (1901) Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Common English Bible Laban and Bethuel both responded, “This is all the LORD’s doing. We have nothing to say about it. Catholic Public Domain Version And Laban and Bethuel responded: "A word has proceeded from the Lord. We are not able to speak anything else to you, beyond what pleases him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord; we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure. |
Then, before the servant finished praying, a young woman named Rebekah came to the well. Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel. Bethuel was the son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham’s brother. Rebekah came to the well with her water jar on her shoulder.
Here is Rebekah. Take her and go. Let her marry your master’s son. This is what the Lord wants.”
Then he gave Rebekah the gifts he brought. He gave her beautiful clothes and gold and silver jewelry. He also gave expensive gifts to her mother and brother.
Rebekah’s mother and her brother said, “Let Rebekah stay with us for a short time. Let her stay with us ten days. After that she can go.”
That night God went to Laban in a dream. God said, “Be careful! Be careful of every word you say to Jacob.”
I have the power to really hurt you. But last night your father’s God came to me in a dream. He warned me not to hurt you in any way.
Absalom began to hate Amnon. Absalom did not say one word, good or bad, to Amnon. Absalom hated Amnon because Amnon had raped his sister Tamar.
So the king did not do what the people wanted. The Lord caused this to happen. The Lord did this in order to keep the promise he made to Jeroboam son of Nebat. The Lord used Ahijah the prophet to make this promise. Ahijah was from Shiloh.
Say to them, ‘The Lord says that you must not go to war against your brothers. Every one of you should go home. I made all these things happen!’” So the men in Rehoboam’s army obeyed the Lord’s command. They all went home.
Jesus said to them, “Surely you have read this in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [300]} :
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God gave to these people the same gift that he gave to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So could I stop the work of God? No!”