Then Elisha said to them: "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will reveal to you the man whom you are seeking." Then he led them into Samaria.
Joshua 2:4 - Catholic Public Domain Version And the woman, taking the men, hid them. And she said: "I admit that they came to me, but I did not know where they were from. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, Yes, two men came to me, but I did not know from where they had come. American Standard Version (1901) And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were: Common English Bible But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. Then she said, “Of course the men came to me. But I didn’t know where they were from. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were: English Standard Version 2016 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. And she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. |
Then Elisha said to them: "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will reveal to you the man whom you are seeking." Then he led them into Samaria.
They responded: "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them."
Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?
And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: "Bring out the men who came to you, and who entered into your house. For certainly they are spies, and they have arrived to consider the entire land."
And when the gate was closed, they went out together in the darkness. I do not know where they have gone. Pursue them quickly, and you will overtake them."
And let this city be anathema, with all the things that are within it, before the Lord. May only Rahab the harlot live, with all who are with her in the house. For she hid the messengers whom we sent.
Yet truly, Joshua caused Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all she had, to survive. And they lived in the midst of Israel, even to the present day. For she hid the messengers, whom he had sent to explore Jericho. At that time, Joshua made an invocation, saying: