And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
E quando gli abitanti di Gabaon vennero a sapere ciò che Giosuè aveva fatto a Gerico e ad Ai, essi ricorsero e se ne andò e fece come se essi, presero sacchi sdrusciti per i loro asini, otri di vino strappati e rappezzati, e scarpe vecchie e strappati ai loro piedi e vesti; e tutto il pane della loro provvigione era secco e sbriciolato.