²⁰ And she said unto them, Call me not ^[a]Naomi, call me ^[b]Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

³ Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; ^[a]Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

⁶ But it is not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel: