⁵ Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.

²² But Absalom spoke to Amnon ^(A)neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

²⁹ but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might ^(A)celebrate with my friends.

²⁵ “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

¹⁵ but David went back and forth from Saul ^(A)to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

¹¹ Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, ^(A)“There remains yet the youngest,^[a] but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, ^(B)“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

²⁷ But some ^(A)worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

³ Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among ^(A)those who are near me ^(B)I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” ^(C)And Aaron held his peace.

¹³ And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” ¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of ^(A)Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

³⁵ But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons.