He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, *Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.*
You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Ya`akov, is behind us.'* For, he said, *I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.*
Now it fell on a day, that Yonatan the son of Sha'ul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Pelishtim' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his father.
It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
Avigayil came to Naval; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Naval's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.