And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As יהוה lives, if you had let them live, I would not slay you.”
And the sovereign took an oath and said, “As יהוה lives, who has redeemed my life out of all distress,
‘The revenger of blood himself puts the murderer to death. When he meets him, he puts him to death.
And he said to Zeḇ
And he said to Yether his first-born, “Rise, slay them!” But the youth would not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.
“Stop over tonight, and in the morning it shall be that if he does redeem you, good – let him do it. But if he is not pleased to redeem you, then I shall redeem you, as יהוה lives! Lie down until morning.”