# Bethuel

This was the father of Laban and Rebekah.

# The thing has come from Yahweh

"Yahweh has caused all of this to happen"

# we cannot speak to you either bad or good

They are saying they do not have the authority to decide whether what God has done is good or bad. Alternate translation: "we dare not judge what Yahweh is doing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])