1 SAMUEL 20:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?”
He said, Let me go, I pray; for our family has a sacrifice in the city — Jonathan's fabrication (*va'yomer shlachani na ki zebach mishpacht lanu ba'ir*) invents a family cultic obligation, a religious reason for David's absence that appeals to Saul's sense of filial piety. The *mishpacht*, family, and *zebach*, sacrifice, create a narrative of legitimate religious observance.
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