TSK · Numbers 23:7

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Behold, [there is] a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

¶ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

¶ As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.