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28 Please forgive the transgression of your female servant, because Yahweh will certainly make a lasting house[a] for my lord, because my lord is fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you as long as you live.[b] 29 Should a man arise to pursue you and to seek your life, may the life of my lord be wrapped in the pouch[c] of the living with Yahweh your God. But as for the life of your enemy, he will sling it from within[d] the pocket of the sling! 30 And then[e] when Yahweh has done for my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you as leader over Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:28 That is, a lasting dynasty
  2. 1 Samuel 25:28 Literally “from your days”
  3. 1 Samuel 25:29 Or “bag”
  4. 1 Samuel 25:29 Hebrew “in the midst of”
  5. 1 Samuel 25:30 Literally “And it will happen”