Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.
Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”
So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother. She prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.
Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”
Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!
Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.