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And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.
And the woman [of the house] took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well and scattered grain on it; so nothing was discovered.
And the woman spread a covering over the well’s mouth and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not discovered.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
Then his wife took the cover, placed it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain on it so nobody would know anything.
The man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the well’s opening, then scattered grain over it so no one would notice.
His wife spread a covering over the cistern’s opening and scattered drying grain on it, so that nothing showed.
The man's wife put the cover on the well and poured grain on top of it, so the well could not be seen.
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.
And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.
The man’s wife spread a sheet over the mouth of the well and covered it with grain. The well looked like a pile of grain, so no one would know to look there.
His wife took a lid and she put it over the top of the well. Then she put some grain on it. Nobody knew that the men were hiding there.
His wife took a cover, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain on it. Nobody knew that she did it.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it.
The man’s wife spread a ·sheet [covering] over the opening of the well and ·covered [scattered] it with grain. ·No one could tell that anyone was hiding there [L Nothing was known].
And the wife took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon, that the thing should not be known.
The man’s wife took a cover, spread it over the top of the cistern, and scattered some grain over it so that no one could tell it was there.
The man's wife took a covering, spread it over the opening of the well and scattered grain over it, so that no one would notice anything.
Then his wife took the cover, placed it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain on it so nobody would know anything.
The man’s wife spread a sheet over the opening of the well. Then she covered it with grain. No one could tell that Jonathan and Ahimaaz were hiding there.
The man’s wife grabbed a sheet, covered the mouth of the well with it, and spread some dried grain over it. As a result, nobody could tell it was a hiding place.
And the woman of the house took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth and spread ground wheat upon it, and the thing was not known.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered crushed grain on it, so that nothing was known.
Then the woman took and spread a covering over the opening of the well; then she spread out dried grain on it, so nothing was discovered.
The man’s wife put a cloth over the top of the well with grain on it to dry in the sun; so no one suspected they were there.
Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting around at En Rogel. A servant girl would come and give them messages and then they would go and tell King David, for it wasn’t safe to be seen coming into the city. But a soldier spotted them and told Absalom, so the two of them got out of there fast and went to a man’s house in Bahurim. He had a well in his yard and they climbed into it. The wife took a rug and covered the well, then spread grain on it so no one would notice anything out of the ordinary. Shortly, Absalom’s servants came to the woman’s house and asked her, “Have you seen Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said, “They were headed toward the river.” They looked but didn’t find them, and then went back to Jerusalem.
The wife took a covering and spread it over the opening of the well. Then she scattered grain over it so that nothing could be discerned.
The man’s wife took a cover, spread it over the top of the cistern, and scattered some grain over it so that no one could tell it was there.
and the woman took the cover and spread it over the mouth of the cistern, strewing crushed grain on the cover so that nothing could be noticed.
And the woman took a cover and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered barley meal on it, so that nothing was known.
And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.
The man’s wife then took a covering, stretched it out over the cistern, and strewed crushed grain on it so that nothing would be noticed.
The man’s wife spread a sheet over the opening of the well and covered it with grain. No one could tell that anyone was hiding there.
His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
The man’s wife got a covering and spread it out over the opening of the well. Then she scattered grain on the covering. So no one knew that the men were hiding in the well.
His wife took a covering and spread it out over the opening of the well and scattered grain over it. No one knew anything about it.
His wife took a covering and spread it out over the opening of the well and scattered corn over it. No one knew anything about it.
Then the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not known.
Then the woman took the covering and spread it over the well’s mouth, and spread grain on it, so nothing was known of it.
The man’s wife put a cloth over the top of the well and scattered grain on it to dry in the sun; so no one suspected they were there.
The man’s wife took a covering, stretched it over the well’s mouth, and spread out grain on it; and nothing was known of it.
The man’s wife took a covering, stretched it over the well’s mouth, and spread out grain on it; and nothing was known of it.
The man’s wife took a covering, stretched it over the well’s mouth, and spread out grain on it; and nothing was known of it.
The man’s wife took a covering, stretched it over the well’s mouth, and spread out grain on it, and nothing was known of it.
And the isha took and spread a masakh (covering, curtain) over the mouth of the be’er, and spread hulled grain thereon; and the thing was not known.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and scattered grain upon it; and nothing was known of it.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and scattered grain upon it; and nothing was known of it.
Then the woman took the cover and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on top of it so that nothing was noticeable.
The man’s wife put the cover over the well and spread out grain on top of it, so no one could see it was there.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
And a woman took, and spread abroad a covering over the mouth of the pit, as (if) drying barley with the peel taken away, and so the thing was hid. (And a woman took, and spread out a covering over the mouth of the well, and then put some peeled barley on top of it, as if to dry it, and so they were hid.)
and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known.
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