◄ 2 Samuel 17:19 ►
Then the man's wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well and scattered grain over it, so nobody would know a thing.
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Joshua 2:4-6
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, "Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from. . . .

the thing

Exodus 1:19
The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives."

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New American Standard Bible
And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.

King James Bible
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then his wife took the cover, placed it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain on it so nobody would know anything.

International Standard Version
The man's wife grabbed a sheet, covered the mouth of the well with it, and spread some dried grain over it. As a result, nobody could tell it was a hiding place.

NET Bible
His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
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