“How do I curse whom Ě
“For there is no sorcery against Yaʽ
frustrating the signs of the babblers, and driving diviners mad, turning wise men backward, and making their knowledge foolish,
“See, I have received, to bless. And He has blessed, and I do not reverse it.
And Elohim said to Bilʽ
“And now, please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too strong for me. It might be that I smite them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
And he took up his proverb and said, “Balaq the sovereign of Mo’aḇ
As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.
