11 At this all the people that were in the gate and the older men said: “Witnesses! May Jehovah grant the wife* who is coming into your house to be like Rachel+ and like Leʹah,+ both of whom built the house of Israel;+ and you prove your worth in Ephʹra·thah+ and make a notable name* in Bethʹle·hem.+

6 If your father should miss me at all, then you must say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of absence of me to run to Bethʹle·hem+ his city, because there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’+