Verse 10
2 Samuel 9:10
Bible in Basic English
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And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עָבַ֣דְתָּ לּ֣/וֹ אֶֽת הָ/אֲדָמָ֡ה אַתָּה֩ וּ/בָנֶ֨י/ךָ וַ/עֲבָדֶ֜י/ךָ וְ/הֵבֵ֗אתָ וְ/הָיָ֨ה לְ/בֶן אֲדֹנֶ֤י/ךָ לֶּ֨חֶם֙ וַ/אֲכָל֔/וֹ וּ/מְפִיבֹ֨שֶׁת֙ בֶּן אֲדֹנֶ֔י/ךָ יֹאכַ֥ל תָּמִ֛יד לֶ֖חֶם עַל שֻׁלְחָנִ֑/י וּ/לְ/צִיבָ֗א חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר בָּנִ֖ים וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֥ים עֲבָדִֽים
English Translation
And you shall serve him, and the land you shall serve, you and your sons, and your servants, and you shall bring in, and it shall be for your lord's son as bread, and he shall eat, and Mephibosheth, the son of your lord, shall eat always bread at my table, and to Ziba, fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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