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1 Samuel 30:11

David
Mercy and compassionThe stranger and outcast

9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

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BSB
Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
KJV
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
WEB
They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
ASV
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink.
DARBY
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,
BLB
And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and they gave to him bread, and he ate, and they let him drink water.
ÅB
Så fant de en egyptisk mann som lå på marken, og de tok ham med seg til David. Og de gav ham mat, som han spiste, og lot ham få vann å drikke,
OTB
De kom over en egypter ute på marken og førte ham til David, ga ham brød å spise og vann å drikke.
B1930
Så fant de en egyptisk mann som lå på marken, og de tok ham med sig til David. Og de gav ham mat, som han åt, og lot ham få vann å drikke,

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 23:7

    Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

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  • Romans 12:20–21

    Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

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  • Matthew 25:35

    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

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  • Deuteronomy 15:7–11

    If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

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  • Proverbs 25:21

    If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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  • Luke 10:36–37

    Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

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