The princes returning said to Balac: Balaam would not come with us.
And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee. Why didst thou not come immediately to me? Was it because I am not able to reward thy coming?
And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you.
Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before.