2 Samuel 13:8
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.”
So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.
9 Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.
10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.
- KJV
- So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
- WEB
- So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
- ASV
- So Tamar went to her brother Amnon`s house; and he was laid down. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
- DARBY
- And Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he had lain down. And she took flour and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
- BLB
- And Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, and he was lying down. And she took the dough and kneaded [it] and made cakes in his eyes, and she baked the cakes.
- ÅB
- Og Tamar gikk til sin bror Amnons hus. Han lå til sengs, og hun tok deigen og eltet den og laget kaker, så han så på det, og stekte dem.
- OTB
- Så gikk Tamar til sin bror Amnons hus, hvor han lå. Hun tok deig, knadde den, laget kaker i hans nærvær og bakte dem.
- B1930
- Og Tamar gikk til sin bror Amnons hus. Han lå til sengs, og hun tok deigen og eltet den og laget kaker, så han så på det, og stekte dem.