10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”

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10 Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.”

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11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the (A)sheep.”

And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not [a]sit down till he comes here.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:11 So with LXX, Vg.; MT turn around; Tg., Syr. turn away

11 So he asked Jesse, “Are these all(A) the sons you have?”

“There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.”(B)

Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”

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13 (A)Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, [a]Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, and David the (B)seventh.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 2:13 Shammah, 1 Sam. 16:9

13 Jesse(A) was the father of

Eliab(B) his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea, 14 the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, 15 the sixth Ozem and the seventh David.

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