Genesis 24:49 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If ye will deal kindly and truly— If you are indeed inclined to oblige my master: if you will freely and honestly give him the virgin. These expressions are often used in Scripture, and are spoken of God towards men, as Genesis 24:27 ch. Genesis 32:10. 2 Samuel 2:6, &c. &c. and of men towards each other, Genesis 47:29. Joshua 2:14.Proverbs 3:3. Eliezer adds, if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left; a proverbial expression, equivalent to, that I may take some other course: Numbers 20:17; Numbers 22:26. Deuteronomy 2:27. The metaphor, Le Clerc observes, seems borrowed from travellers, who, when they come to a place where two ways meet, turn to the right or left, according as their course directs them.