And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuses to give me leave to go with you.
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? why came you not to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?