²² Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country? He answered, Nothing: however only let me depart.

²² Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?

²³ But come what may, [said he], I will run. He said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

³¹ Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?

³¹ But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." They all said the same thing.

³⁵ He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."