Numbers 24:20
18 Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
19 A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
21 Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
22 Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Så fikk han se amalekittene; da tok han til å kvede og sa: Det første blant hedningefolkene er Amalek; men til sist skal han gå til grunne.
- OTB
- Så så han på Amalek og begynte sin uttalelse og sa: "Amalek var den første blant nasjonene, men hans ende skal bli fullstendig ødeleggelse."
- B1930
- Så fikk han se amalekittene; da tok han til å kvede og sa: Det første blandt hedningefolkene er Amalek; men til sist skal han gå til grunne.
- BSB
- Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
- KJV
- And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
- WEB
- He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.”
- ASV
- And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.
- DARBY
- And he saw Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be for destruction.
- BLB
- And he saw Amalek, and he lifted up his oracle and said, “Amalek [was] first among the nations, and [his] end [is] utter destruction.”
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Exodus 17:14
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
Les i sammenhengExodus 17:8
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Les i sammenhengEsther 7:9–10
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
Les i sammenhengEsther 9:14
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Les i sammenheng1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
Les i sammenhengEsther 3:1
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
Les i sammenheng1 Chronicles 4:43
and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
Les i sammenhengExodus 17:16
“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
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