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2 Samuel 13:5

JonadabTamar
Sin

3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

4 so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

6 So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

7 Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”

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BSB
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
KJV
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
WEB
Jonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”
ASV
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.
DARBY
And Jonadab said to him, Lay thee down on thy bed and feign thyself sick; and when thy father comes to see thee, say to him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.
BLB
And Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let Tamar my sister come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, so that I may see and eat it from her hand.’”
ÅB
Jonadab sa til ham: Legg deg i sengen og gjør deg syk, og når da din far kommer for å se til deg, så si til ham: La min søster Tamar komme og gi meg noe å spise og lage til maten for mine øyne, så jeg ser på det og får maten av hennes hånd!
OTB
Jonadab sa da til ham: "Legg deg ned på sengen din og lat som du er syk, og når din far kommer for å se deg, si til ham: 'Vær så snill, la min søster Tamar komme og gi meg noe mat å spise, og la henne forberede maten i mitt syn, så jeg kan se det og spise fra hennes hånd.'"
B1930
Jonadab sa til ham: Legg dig i sengen og gjør dig syk, og når da din far kommer for å se til dig, så si til ham: La min søster Tamar komme og gi mig noget å ete og lage til maten for mine øine, så jeg ser på det og får maten av hennes hånd!

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    If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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    When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:21–17:4

    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

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