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1 Samuel 10:2

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When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

When thou art departed {H3212} from me {H5978} to day {H3117}, then thou shalt find {H4672} two {H8147} men {H582} by Rachel's {H7354} sepulchre {H6900} in the border {H1366} of Benjamin {H1144} at Zelzah {H6766}; and they will say {H559} unto thee, The asses {H860} which thou wentest {H1980} to seek {H1245} are found {H4672}: and, lo, thy father {H1} hath left {H5203} the care {H1697} of the asses {H860}, and sorroweth {H1672} for you, saying {H559}, What shall I do {H6213} for my son {H1121}?

After you leave me today, you will find two men by Rachel's Tomb, in the territory of Binyamin at Tzeltzah. They will tell you that the donkeys you were searching for have been found, and that your father has stopped thinking about the donkeys and is anxious over you and asking, 'What am I to do about my son?'"

When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 9:3 (4 votes)

    ¶ And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

  • 1 Samuel 9:5 (4 votes)

    [And] when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.

  • Genesis 35:19 (3 votes)

    And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.

  • Genesis 35:20 (3 votes)

    And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

  • 1 Samuel 10:16 (2 votes)

    And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.

  • Joshua 18:28 (2 votes)

    And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

  • Jeremiah 31:15 (0 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.