2 Samuel 13:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 1 And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said: Come lie with me, my sister.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

Common English Bible

⁶ So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. The king came to see him, and Amnon told the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of heart-shaped cakes in front of me so I can eat from her hand.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And so, Amnon lay down, and he began to act as if he were ill. And when the king had come to visit him, Amnon said to the king, "I beg you to let my sister Tamar come to me, and make in my sight two little portions of food, so that I take it from her hand."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ So Amnon lay down, and made as if he were sick: and when the king came to visit him, Amnon said to the king: I pray thee let my sister Thamar come, and make in my sight two little messes, that I may eat at her hand.

2 Samuel 13:6 Cross References

Genesis 18:6

Abraham made haste into the tent to Sera, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth.

2 Samuel 13:5

0 Amnon said to Thamar: Bring the mess into the chamber, that I may eat at thy hand. And Thamar took the little messes which she had made, and brought them in to her brother Amnon in the chamber.

2 Samuel 13:7

2 She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly.

Matthew 13:33

1 The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.