1 Samuel 20:29
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And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”
In other translations
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שַׁלְּחֵנִיshalechenilet go meH7971נָאna'pleaseH4994כִּיkiforH3588זֶבַחzevacha sacrifice ofH2077מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpachah[the] clanH4940לָנוּlanu[belongs] to <the> usבָּעִירba'irin the cityH5892וְהוּאvehu'and heH1931צִוָּה־tzivah-he has commandedH6680לִיlito <the> meאָחִי'achibrother myH251וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258אִם־'im-ifH518מָצָאתִיmatzatiI have foundH4672חֵןchenfavorH2580בְּעֵינֶיךָbe'eineikhain view yourH5869אִמָּלְטָה'imaltahlet me slip awayH4422נָּאna'pleaseH4994וְאֶרְאֶהve'er'ehso I may seeH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֶחָי'echaibrothers myH251עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651לֹא־lo'-notH3808בָאva'he has comeH935אֶל־'el-toH413שֻׁלְחַןshulchan[the] table ofH7979הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ סhamelekhthe kingH4428
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Related verses
- 1 Samuel 17:28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
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