Avraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, *Please put your hand under my thigh.
2 Samuel 12:17 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition His older house servants arose [in the night] and went to him to raise him up from the floor, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. American Standard Version (1901) And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. Common English Bible The senior servants of his house approached him to lift him up off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn’t eat with them either. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the ancients of his house came to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them. |
Avraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, *Please put your hand under my thigh.
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, *For I will go down to She'ol to my son mourning.* His father wept for him.
It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead!
All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun be down.
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.