Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry them down as a present to the man: a little balm and a little honey, gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
1 Samuel 16:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a kid and sent them by his son David to Saul. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a kid and sent them by David his son to Saul. American Standard Version (1901) And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. Common English Bible Jesse then took a donkey and loaded it with a homer of bread, a jar of wine, and a young goat, and he sent it along with his son David to Saul. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, Jesse took a donkey laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid from one of the goats, and he sent them, by the hand of his son David, to Saul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Isai took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid of the flock, and sent them by the hand of David his son to Saul. |
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry them down as a present to the man: a little balm and a little honey, gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace. Now Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the Gadites and the Reubenites. He would gouge out the right eye of each of them and would not grant Israel a deliverer. No one was left of the Israelites across the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. But there were seven thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites and had entered Jabesh-gilead.
They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from them.
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them.”
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys