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And Saul answered and said, [Am] not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

And Saul {H7586} answered {H6030} and said {H559}, Am not I a Benjamite {H1145}, of the smallest {H6996} of the tribes {H7626} of Israel {H3478}? and my family {H4940} the least {H6810} of all the families {H4940} of the tribe {H7626} of Benjamin {H1144}? wherefore then speakest {H1696} thou so {H1697} to me?

Sha'ul replied, "I'm only a man from Binyamin, the smallest tribe in Isra'el; and my family is the least important of all the families in the tribe of Binyamin! Why are you saying such a thing to me?"

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 15:17 (5 votes)

    And Samuel said, When thou [wast] little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

  • Luke 14:11 (3 votes)

    For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • Psalms 68:27 (3 votes)

    There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.

  • Ephesians 3:8 (3 votes)

    Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  • Judges 20:46 (3 votes)

    So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valour.

  • Judges 20:48 (3 votes)

    And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

  • 1 Samuel 18:18 (2 votes)

    And David said unto Saul, Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?