11 At this all the people who were in the city gate and the elders said: “We are witnesses! May Jehovah grant the wife who is entering your house to be like Rachel and like Leʹah, both of whom built the house of Israel.+ May you prosper in Ephʹra·thah+ and make a good name* in Bethʹle·hem.+
6 If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David begged me for permission to go quickly to his city Bethʹle·hem,+ because there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’+