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1 Sam. 25:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Abigail made haste, ando took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred κclusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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Gen. 32:13• ¹³And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother-- (Gen. 32:13)

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Prov. 18:16• ¹⁶A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Prov. 18:16)

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Prov. 21:14• ¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury. (Prov. 21:14)

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or, lumps.

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made haste.

1 Sam. 25:34• ³⁴But indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, who has restrained me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male. (1 Sam. 25:34)

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Num. 16:46‑48• ⁴⁶And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire thereon from off the altar, and lay on incense, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah: the plague is begun.
⁴⁷And Aaron took as Moses had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.
⁴⁸And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. (Num. 16:46‑48)

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Prov. 6:4‑5• ⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
⁵deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Prov. 6:4‑5)

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Matt. 5:25• ²⁵Make friends with thine adverse party quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest some time the adverse party deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (Matt. 5:25)

took two.The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes.

Gen. 32:13‑20• ¹³And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother--
¹⁴two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
¹⁵thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.
¹⁶And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
¹⁷And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?
¹⁸--then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.
¹⁹And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.
²⁰And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me. (Gen. 32:13‑20)

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Gen. 43:11‑14• ¹¹And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds.
¹²And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacks, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.
¹³And take your brother, and arise, go again to the man.
¹⁴And the Almighty *God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved. (Gen. 43:11‑14)

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2 Sam. 17:28‑29• ²⁸brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
²⁹and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness. (2 Sam. 17:28‑29)

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Prov. 18:16• ¹⁶A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Prov. 18:16)

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Prov. 21:14• ¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury. (Prov. 21:14)

two bottles.That is, two goatskins' full.five sheep.Not one sheep to one hundred men.clusters.

Heb. lumps.

Raisins dried in the sun.

2 Sam. 16:1• ¹And when David was a little past the summit, behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and a hundred cakes of summer fruits, and a flask of wine. (2 Sam. 16:1)

cakes of figs.Figs cured and then pressed together.

Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices.

• She hastens to prepare everything that her husband had refused to David, and much more besides, without stinting, and she quickly goes to meet him. Oh! that souls who have heard that evil is decided against them might do the same. (“1 Samuel 25” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses.