But the officials of Succoth replied,“ Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your army.”

疏割人的首领回答说：“西巴和撒慕拿已经在你手里，你使我们将饼给你的军兵吗？”

疏割人的领袖回答说：“西巴和撒慕拿的手掌现在已经在你手里，因此我们该将饼送给你的军队吗？”

疏割人的领袖回答说：“西巴和撒慕拿的手掌现在已经在你手里，因此我们该将饼送给你的军队吗？”

疏割的首领却说：“你还没有抓到西巴和撒慕拿，我们凭什么给你的军队饼吃？”

疏割人的首领回答：“西巴和撒慕拿现在不是已经在你的手里吗？我们应该把饼送给你的军队吃吗？”

疏割人的首領回答說：「西巴和撒慕拿已經在你手裏，你使我們將餅給你的軍兵嗎？」

疏割人的領袖回答說：「西巴和撒慕拿的手掌現在已經在你手裏，因此我們該將餅送給你的軍隊嗎？」

疏割人的領袖回答說：「西巴和撒慕拿的手掌現在已經在你手裏，因此我們該將餅送給你的軍隊嗎？」

疏割的首領卻說：「你還沒有抓到西巴和撒慕拿，我們憑什麼給你的軍隊餅吃？」

疏割人的首領回答：“西巴和撒慕拿現在不是已經在你的手裡嗎？我們應該把餅送給你的軍隊吃嗎？”

疏割的首領說：『是不是西巴和撒慕拿的手掌現在已在你手中、我們就該將餅給你的軍隊喫呢？』

疏割牧伯曰、西巴撒慕拿之手、豈在爾手、而使我以餅給爾軍乎、

數割伯曰、西巴、撒門拿、爾豈能擒之、乃使我以餅給爾軍乎。

疎割之牧伯曰、豈西巴撒慕拿已在爾手、乃使我以餅給爾軍乎、

But the officials of Sukkoth said,“ Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?”

But the officials of Sukkoth objected. They said,“ Have you already killed Zebah and Zalmunna? Have you cut their hands off and brought them back to prove it? If you haven’t, why should we give bread to your troops?”

And the officials of Succoth said,“ Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

But the princes of Succoth asked,“ Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands that we should give bread to your army?”

But the leaders of Succoth said,“ Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

And the leaders of Succoth said,“ Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

But the princes of Succoth asked,“ Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands that we should give bread to your army?”

And the princes of Succoth said,[ Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

The officials of Succoth said,“ You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?”

The princes of Succoth said,“ Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

The king of Israel sent back this answer:“ A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like a warrior who has already won.”

‘ Let the people of Meroz be cursed,’ said the angel of the Lord.‘ Let them be utterly cursed, because they did not come to help the Lord— to help the Lord against the mighty warriors.’

Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.

All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.

Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story:“ Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree:‘ Give your daughter in marriage to my son.’ But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!

Gideon then returned to Succoth and said to the leaders,“ Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you taunted me, saying,‘ Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your exhausted army.’”

So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.

The poor plead for mercy; the rich answer with insults.

“ Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men.“ Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to a band of outlaws who come from who knows where?”