But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”
Judges 20:38 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Now the agreement between the main body of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they sent up a cloud of smoke out of the city Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke arise from the city, American Standard Version (1901) Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. Common English Bible The plan between the main force of the Israelites and those in the ambush was that when they sent up a big cloud of smoke from the city, Catholic Public Domain Version Now the sons of Israel had given a sign to those whom they had stationed in ambushes, so that, after they had seized the city, they would light a fire, and by the smoke ascending on high, they would show that the city was captured. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken. |
But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”
He said, “At this season, in due time, you shall embrace a son.” She replied, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant.”
So they stationed the forces, the main encampment that was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city. But Joshua spent that night in the valley.
So when the men of Ai looked back, the smoke of the city was rising to the sky. They had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers.