1 Samuel 10:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When you leave me today, you'll meet two men near Rachel's tomb at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They'll tell you, “The donkeys you've been looking for have been found. Your father has forgotten about them, and now he's worrying about you! He's wondering how he can find you.”

Cross References

Genesis 35:16

Jacob and his family had left Bethel and were still a long way from Ephrath, when the time came for Rachel's baby to be born.

Genesis 48:7

Unfortunately, your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we had left northern Syria and before we reached Bethlehem. And I had to bury her along the way.

Jeremiah 31:15

In Ramah a voice is heard, crying and weeping loudly. Rachel mourns for her children and refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul answered, “He told us the donkeys had been found.” But Saul didn't mention that Samuel had chosen him to be king.