²¹ While he was living in the Desert of Paran,^(A) his mother got a wife for him^(B) from Egypt.

³⁸ So then, he who marries the virgin does right,^(A) but he who does not marry her does better.^[a]

David, Nabal and Abigail

25 Now Samuel died,^(A) and all Israel assembled and mourned^(B) for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah.^(C) Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.^[a]

² When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”^(A)

Report on the Exploration

²⁶ They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh^(A) in the Desert of Paran.^(B) There they reported to them^(C) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.^(D)

³ So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.^(A)

¹⁶ After that, the people left Hazeroth^(A) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.^(B)

¹² Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.^(A)

⁴⁶ Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite^(A) women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land,^(B) from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”^(C)

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed^(D) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.^{(E) 2} Go at once to Paddan Aram,^[a](F) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.^(G) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.^(H)