¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers^(A) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.^(B)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem,

²⁷ Jacob came home to his father Isaac^(A) in Mamre,^(B) near Kiriath Arba^(C) (that is, Hebron),^(D) where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.^(E)

⁴² and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

³³ May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.”

³² The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”

The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.”^(A)

¹⁷ Now Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah^[a](A) of roasted grain^(B) and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. ¹⁸ Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers^(C) are and bring back some assurance^[b] from them.

¹⁵ (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba^(A) after Arba,^(B) who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)

Then the land had rest^(C) from war.