His mother said to him,“ My son, let the curse be on me. Just do what I say. Go and get the goats for me.”

他母亲对他说：“我儿，你招的咒诅归到我身上；你只管听我的话，去把羊羔给我拿来。”

他母亲对他说：“我儿，你所受的诅咒临到我身上吧！你只管听我的话，去牵小山羊来给我。”

他母亲对他说：“我儿，你所受的诅咒临到我身上吧！你只管听我的话，去牵小山羊来给我。”

他母亲利百加对他说：“孩子啊，有咒诅，我来承担。你只管听我的话，把羊羔牵来。”

他母亲对他说：“我儿啊，愿你所招的咒诅归到我身上吧，你只管听我的话，去把羊牵来给我。”

但他母亲对他说：“我儿啊，愿你的诅咒归于我！你只管听我的话；去吧，把小山羊牵给我。”

他母親對他說：「我兒，你招的咒詛歸到我身上；你只管聽我的話，去把羊羔給我拿來。」

他母親對他說：「我兒，你所受的詛咒臨到我身上吧！你只管聽我的話，去牽小山羊來給我。」

他母親對他說：「我兒，你所受的詛咒臨到我身上吧！你只管聽我的話，去牽小山羊來給我。」

他母親利百加對他說：「孩子啊，有咒詛，我來承擔。你只管聽我的話，把羊羔牽來。」

他母親對他說：“我兒啊，願你所招的咒詛歸到我身上吧，你只管聽我的話，去把羊牽來給我。”

他母親對他說：『孩子，你招來的咒詛歸到我身上；你只管聽我的話，去給我拉來。』

但他母親對他說：「我兒啊，願你的詛咒歸於我！你只管聽我的話；去吧，把小山羊牽給我。」

母曰、吾子、爾若見詛、我自當之、第從我言、往取其羔、

母曰、吾子見詛、我自當之、可從我言、而取其羔。

母曰、吾子見詛、我自當之、惟聽我言、往取其羔、

His mother said to him,“ My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.”

His mother said to him,“ Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.”

But his mother replied,“ Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”

His mother said to him,“ Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey me and go get them for me.”

But his mother said to him,“ Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get the goats for me.”

But his mother said to him,“ Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

His mother said to him,“ Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey me and go get them for me.”

And his mother said unto him, Upon me[ be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me[ them].

So his mother told him,“ Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”

His mother said to him,“ Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”

All the people answered,“ Put the blame for his death on us and our children!”

But the woman from Tekoa said to him,“ You are my king and master. Please pardon me and my family. You and your royal family won’t be guilty of doing anything wrong.”

She fell at his feet. She said,“ Pardon your servant, sir. Please let me speak to you. Listen to what I’m saying. Let me take the blame myself.

Saul said,“ Let’s go down and chase after the Philistines tonight. Let’s not leave even one of them alive. Let’s take everything they have before morning.”“ Do what you think is best,” they replied. But the priest said,“ Let’s ask God for advice first.”So Saul asked God,“ Should I go down and chase after the Philistines? Will you hand them over to Israel?” But God didn’t answer him that day.Saul said to the leaders of the army,“ Come here. Let’s find out what sin has been committed today.The Lord is the one who rescues Israel. You can be sure that the Lord lives. And you can be just as sure that the sinner must die. He must die even if he’s my son Jonathan.” But no one said anything.Then Saul said to all the Israelites,“ You stand over there. I and my son Jonathan will stand over here.”“ Do what you think is best,” they replied.Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel. He said,“ Why haven’t you answered your servant today? If I or my son Jonathan is to blame, answer with Urim. But if the Israelites are to blame, answer with Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were chosen by casting lots. The other men were cleared of blame.Saul said,“ Cast the lot to find out whether I or my son Jonathan is to blame.” And Jonathan was chosen.Then Saul said to Jonathan,“ Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him,“ I used the end of my stick to get a little honey and taste it. And now do I have to die?”Saul said,“ Jonathan, I must certainly put you to death. If I don’t, may God punish me greatly.”But the men said to Saul,“ Should Jonathan be put to death? Never! He has saved Israel in a wonderful way. He did it today with God’s help. You can be sure that the Lord lives. And you can be just as sure that not even one hair on Jonathan’s head will fall to the ground.” So the men rescued Jonathan. He wasn’t put to death.

The Lord said to her,“ Two nations are in your body. Two tribes that are now inside you will be separated. One nation will be stronger than the other. The older son will serve the younger one.”

The Israelites became very hungry that day. That’s because Saul had forced the army to make a promise. He had said,“ None of you must eat any food before evening comes. You must not eat until I’ve paid my enemies back for what they did. If you do, may you be under a curse!” So none of the troops ate any food at all.The whole army entered the woods. There was honey on the ground.When they went into the woods, they saw the honey dripping out of a honeycomb. No one put any of the honey in his mouth. They were afraid of the curse that would come if they broke their promise.But Jonathan hadn’t heard that his father had forced the army to make a promise. Jonathan had a long stick in his hand. He reached out and dipped the end of it into the honeycomb. He put some honey in his mouth. It gave him new life.Then one of the soldiers told him,“ Your father forced the army to make a promise that everyone must obey. He said,‘ None of you must eat any food today. If you do, may you be under a curse!’ That’s why the men are weak and ready to faint.”

I myself promise to keep Benjamin safe. You can blame me if I don’t bring him back to you. I’ll set him right here in front of you. If I don’t, you can put the blame on me for the rest of my life.

But Jacob said,“ First promise to sell me your rights.” So Esau promised to do it. He sold Jacob all the rights that belonged to him as the oldest son.

Rebekah continued,“ My son, listen carefully. Do what I tell you.