Look, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.”
1 Samuel 25:40 - New Revised Standard Version When David's servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David sent us to you to take you to him to be his wife. American Standard Version (1901) And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. Common English Bible When David’s servants reached Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you so you can become his wife.” Catholic Public Domain Version And David's servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David's servants came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife. |
Look, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.”
A gracious woman gets honor, but she who hates virtue is covered with shame. The timid become destitute, but the aggressive gain riches.
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has judged the case of Nabal's insult to me, and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evildoing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife.
She rose and bowed down, with her face to the ground, and said, “Your servant is a slave to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”