And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/יַּ֥עַל מִ/שָּׁ֖ם בֵּֽית אֵ֑ל וְ/ה֣וּא עֹלֶ֣ה בַ/דֶּ֗רֶךְ וּ/נְעָרִ֤ים קְטַנִּים֙ יָצְא֣וּ מִן הָ/עִ֔יר וַ/יִּתְקַלְּסוּ ב/וֹ֙ וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔/וֹ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵ֖חַ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵֽחַ
Louis Segond 1910
Il monta de là à Béthel; et comme il cheminait à la montée, des petits garçons sortirent de la ville, et se moquèrent de lui. Ils lui disaient: Monte, chauve! monte, chauve!
KJV
And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
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