morsel

And I will fetch a morsell of bread; and comfort ye your hearts, after that you shall passe on: for therefore are you come to your seruant. And they said; So doe, as thou hast said.

1611 marginal noteHebr. stay.

1611 marginal noteHebr. you haue passed.

¶ And it came to passe on the fourth day, when they arose earely in the morning, that he rose vp to depart: and the damosels father saide vnto his sonne in lawe, Comfort thine heart with a morsell of bread, and afterward goe your way.

1611 marginal noteHeb. strengthen.

And Boaz sayde vnto her, At meale time come thou hither, and eate of the bread, and dip thy morsell in the vineger. And shee sate beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corne, and she did eate, and was sufficed, and left.

And it shall come to passe, that euery one that is left in thine house, shal come and crouch to him for a piece of siluer, and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me (I pray thee) into one of the Priests offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

1611 marginal noteHeb. ioyne.

1611 marginal noteOr, Somewhat about the Priesthood.

Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also vnto the voyce of thine handmaid, & let me set a morsel of bread before thee; & eat, that thou mayest haue strength, when thou goest on thy way.

And as shee was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring mee, I pray thee, a morsell of bread in thine hand.

Or haue eaten my morsell my selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not eaten thereof:

¶ Better is a drie morsell, and quietnesse therewith; then an house full of sacrifices with strife.

1611 marginal noteOr, good cheere.

1611 marginal noteChap. 15.17.

The morsell which thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomite vp, and loose thy sweete words.

Lest there bee any fornicatour, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsell of meat sold his birthright.