¹⁶ While this one was still speaking, another^[a] came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

¹⁷ While this one was still speaking, another^[b] came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants by the edge of the sword,^[c] but I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

¹⁸ At the time^[d] this one was speaking, another^[e] came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house.