The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
- BSB Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
- NKJV Then the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not known.
- NASB And the woman took a cover and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered barley meal on it, so that nothing was known.
- NLT The man’s wife put a cloth over the top of the well and scattered grain on it to dry in the sun; so no one suspected they were there.
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Cross-references · 2
- Exod 1:19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
- Josh 2:4–24The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.
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