And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them for one day, all the flock will die.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.
And see, if it goes up by the way of his own territory to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us: it was a chance that happened to us.