Genesis 24:49

deal kindly and truly Lit. "do kindness and truth"; cf. Genesis 47:29. See note on Genesis 24:27.

to the right hand, or to the left The servant asks for a prompt reply, so that, if his request is refused, he may consider what course next to pursue. For fanciful Rabbinic interpretations of "the right hand and the left," cf. Calvin's note, futilis autem argutia quam adducunt quidam Hebraei quod iturus sit ad Lot vel ad Ismael.