Verse 11

1 Samuel 25:11

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11 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/לָקַחְתִּ֤י אֶת לַחְמִ/י֙ וְ/אֶת מֵימַ֔/י וְ/אֵת֙ טִבְחָתִ֔/י אֲשֶׁ֥ר טָבַ֖חְתִּי לְ/גֹֽזְזָ֑/י וְ/נָֽתַתִּי֙ לַֽ/אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי אֵ֥י מִ/זֶּ֖ה הֵֽמָּה

English Translation

And I will take my bread and my water and my sacrifices that I have sacrificed for the shearers, and I will give them to the men whom I do not know where they are.

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Chapter 25 Context

1 And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its res... Focus ↗

2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand... Focus ↗

3 Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and ple... Focus ↗

4 And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep. Focus ↗

5 And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words... Focus ↗

6 And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have... Focus ↗

7 I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we... Focus ↗

8 If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace i... Focus ↗

9 And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more... Focus ↗

10 And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number o... Focus ↗

11 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to m...

12 So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said. Focus ↗

13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and... Focus ↗

14 But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kin... Focus ↗

15 But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while... Focus ↗

16 But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep. Focus ↗

17 So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his ho... Focus ↗

18 Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready... Focus ↗

19 And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing... Focus ↗

20 Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down aga... Focus ↗

21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so tha... Focus ↗

22 May God (Elohim)'s punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his... Focus ↗

23 And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him. Focus ↗

24 And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a wor... Focus ↗

25 Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man w... Focus ↗

26 So now, my lord, by the living God (Elohim) and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept y... Focus ↗

27 And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with m... Focus ↗

28 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family stron... Focus ↗

29 And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lo... Focus ↗

30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, a... Focus ↗

31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have tak... Focus ↗

32 And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me... Focus ↗

33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from ta... Focus ↗

34 For truly, by the living Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if y... Focus ↗

35 Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see... Focus ↗

36 And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was... Focus ↗

37 And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all th... Focus ↗

38 And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him. Focus ↗

39 And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause aga... Focus ↗

40 And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to... Focus ↗

41 And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl,... Focus ↗

42 Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom Da... Focus ↗

43 And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives. Focus ↗

44 Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish of Gallim. Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 25 (44 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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