But Jacob said to him, “You know that my children are weak. And I must be careful with my flocks and their young animals. If I force them to walk too far in one day, all the animals will die.
1 Samuel 6:10 - Easy To Read Version The Philistines did what the priests and magicians said. The Philistines found two cows that had just had calves. The Philistines tied the cows to the wagon and put the calves in their pens at home. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the men did so, and took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home. American Standard Version (1901) And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home; Common English Bible The rulers did just that. They took two nursing cows and harnessed them to the cart, penning their calves up at home. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, they did it in this way. And taking two cows that were feeding calves, they yoked them to the cart, and they enclosed their calves at home. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They did therefore in this manner: and taking two kine, that had suckling calves, they yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. |
But Jacob said to him, “You know that my children are weak. And I must be careful with my flocks and their young animals. If I force them to walk too far in one day, all the animals will die.
The seventh time, the servant came back and said, “I saw a small cloud the size of a man’s fist. [208] The cloud was coming from the sea.”
Then the Philistines put the Lord’s Holy Box [75] on the wagon. They also put the bag with the golden models of the tumors and mice on the wagon.
Watch the wagon. If the wagon goes toward Beth Shemesh in Israel’s own land, then the Lord has given us this great sickness. But if the cows do not go straight to Beth Shemesh, then we will know that Israel’s God has not punished us. We will know that our sickness just happened.”