And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount E´phra-im; and he sojourned in Gib´e-ah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount E´phra-im, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.
And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gib´e-ah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?