And the children of Yisra’ĕ
And Aḇ
“How could I give you up, Ephrayim? How could I hand you over, Yisra’ĕ
And it came to be, when he saw her, that he tore his garments, and said, “Oh my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me! And I, I have given my word to יהוה, and I am unable to turn back.”
And the people were sorry for Binyamin, because יהוה had made a breach in the tribes of Yisra’ĕ
“What do we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by יהוה not to give them our daughters as wives?”
