I will reward you very handsomely and will do anything you ask of me. Come, lay a curse on this people for me.”
On coming to Balaam they told him, “Thus says Balak, son of Zippor: Please do not refuse to come to me.
And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send an urgent summons to you? Why did you not come to me? Did you think I could not reward you?”
Now come, curse this people for me, since they are stronger than I am. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed and whoever you curse is cursed.”
Now flee to your home. I promised to reward you richly, but the Lord has withheld the reward from you!”
so much that he swore to give her whatever she might ask for.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
You shall count off seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the day when the sickle is first put to the standing grain.