¹⁶ Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, ^(A)“I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

²⁷ Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time ^(A)I have sinned; the ^(B)Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.

⁴ saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? ^(A)See to it yourself.”

²⁰ For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, behold, I have come this day, the first ^(A)of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

²¹ Then Saul said, ^(A)“I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.”

³⁰ Then he said, “I have sinned; yet ^(A)honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, ^(B)and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.”

²⁴ Saul said to Samuel, ^(A)“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

³⁴ Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, ^(A)“I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”