3156. Verses 49-51. And now if ye will do mercy and truth with my lord, tell me; and if not, tell me; and I will look to the right hand or to the left. And Laban and Bethuel answered, and said, The word hath gone forth from Jehovah; we cannot speak unto thee evil or good. Behold Rebekah is before thee; take her, and go, and let her be the woman of thy lord’s son, as Jehovah hath spoken. “Now if ye will do mercy and truth with my lord,” signifies exploration of the consent from each of their faculties, that of the will, and that of the understanding; “tell me and if not, tell me,” signifies their free state of deliberation; “and I will look to the right hand or to the left,” signifies reciprocal freedom. “And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The word hath gone forth from Jehovah; we cannot speak unto thee evil or good,” signifies acknowledgment that it was of the Lord alone. “Behold Rebekah is before thee; take her, and go, and let her be the woman of thy lord’s son, as Jehovah hath spoken,” signifies consent inspired from the Lord.