They said,"Ifwe have foundfavorin your sight,let thislandbe givento your servantsas a possession;do not takeus acrossthe Jordan."
"Nowbehold,your servanthas foundfavorin your sight,and you have magnifiedyour lovingkindness,whichyou have shownme by savingmy life;but I cannotescapeto the mountains,for the disasterwill overtakeme and I will die;
Joabfellon his faceto the ground,prostratedhimself and blessedthe king;then Joabsaid,"Todayyour servantknowsthat I have foundfavorin your sight,O my lord,the king,in that the kinghas performedthe requestof his servant."
When the kingsawEstherthe queenstandingin the court,she obtainedfavorin his sight;and the kingextendedto Estherthe goldenscepterwhich[was] in his hand.So Esthercamenearand touchedthe topof the scepter.
Thussaysthe LORD,"The peoplewhosurvivedthe swordFoundgracein the wilderness--Israel,when it wentto findits rest."
the landwhichthe LORDconqueredbeforethe congregationof Israel,is a landfor livestock,and your servantshave livestock."
But Mosessaidto the sonsof Gadand to the sonsof Reuben,"Shall your brothersgoto warwhile you yourselvessithere?
"The LORDwas angrywith me alsoon your account,saying,Not evenyou shall enterthere.
Joshuasaid,"Alas,O LordGOD,whydid You everbringthispeopleoverthe Jordan,[only] to deliverus into the handof the Amorites,to destroyus? Ifonlywe had been willingto dwellbeyondthe Jordan!
Then she fellon her face,bowingto the groundand saidto him, "Whyhave I foundfavorin your sightthat you should takenoticeof me, since I am a foreigner?"
Yet Davidvowedagain,saying,"Your fatherknowswellthat I have foundfavorin your sight,and he has said,'Do not let Jonathanknowthis,orhe will be grieved.'But trulyas the LORDlivesand as your soullives,there is hardly a stepbetweenme and death."
