# פֵּן (pen)

Israeli respelling: pen. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6435. 125 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest

King James renderings: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/pen-h6435

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/3) — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye…
- [Genesis 3:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/22) — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of…
- [Genesis 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/11/4) — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered…
- [Genesis 19:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/15) — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be…
- [Genesis 19:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/17) — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in…
- [Genesis 19:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/19) — Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life;…
- [Genesis 24:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/6) — And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- [Genesis 26:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/7) — And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men…
- [Genesis 26:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/9) — And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him,…
- [Genesis 31:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/24) — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- [Genesis 31:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/31) — And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
- [Genesis 32:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/11) — Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother…
- [Genesis 38:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/11) — Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradven…
- [Genesis 38:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/23) — And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
- [Genesis 42:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/4) — But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
- [Genesis 44:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/34) — For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- [Genesis 45:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/45/11) — And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to povert…
- [Exodus 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/10) — Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto o…
- [Exodus 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/5/3) — And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto th…
- [Exodus 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/13/17) — And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although tha…
- [Exodus 19:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/21) — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
- [Exodus 19:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/22) — And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
- [Exodus 19:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/24) — And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people…
- [Exodus 20:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/19) — And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- [Exodus 23:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/29) — I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
- [Exodus 23:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/33) — They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
- [Exodus 33:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/33/3) — Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee…
- [Exodus 34:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/34/12) — Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of…
- [Exodus 34:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/34/15) — Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and o…
- [Leviticus 10:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/10/7) — And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. An…
- [Numbers 16:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/26) — And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be…
- [Numbers 16:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/34) — And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
- [Numbers 20:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/20/18) — And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
- [Deuteronomy 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/9) — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from…
- [Deuteronomy 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/16) — Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
- [Deuteronomy 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/19) — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should…
- [Deuteronomy 4:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/23) — Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the li…
- [Deuteronomy 6:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/12) — Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- [Deuteronomy 6:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/15) — (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the…
- [Deuteronomy 7:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/22) — And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of…
- [Deuteronomy 7:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/25) — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, l…
- [Deuteronomy 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/11) — Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee th…
- [Deuteronomy 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/12) — Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
- [Deuteronomy 9:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/9/28) — Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and beca…
- [Deuteronomy 11:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/16) — Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- [Deuteronomy 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/12/13) — Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
- [Deuteronomy 12:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/12/19) — Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
- [Deuteronomy 12:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/12/30) — Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not af…
- [Deuteronomy 15:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/9) — Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil ag…
- [Deuteronomy 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/6) — Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas h…
- [Deuteronomy 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/5) — And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go…
- [Deuteronomy 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/6) — And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in th…
- [Deuteronomy 20:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/7) — And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle,…
- [Deuteronomy 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/9) — Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defil…
- [Deuteronomy 25:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/3) — Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother shou…
- [Deuteronomy 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/29/18) — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve…
- [Deuteronomy 32:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/27) — Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our…
- [Joshua 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/16) — And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be re…
- [Joshua 6:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/6/18) — And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make…
- [Joshua 24:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/24/27) — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he sp…
- [Judges 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/7/2) — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt…
- [Judges 9:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/54) — Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman…
- [Judges 14:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/15) — And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest…
- [Judges 15:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/12) — And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them…
- [Judges 18:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/18/25) — And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with…
- [Ruth 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/6) — And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem…
- [1 Samuel 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/4/9) — Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yoursel…
- [1 Samuel 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/5) — And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave cari…
- [1 Samuel 13:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/19) — Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- [1 Samuel 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/6) — And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to…
- [1 Samuel 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/3) — And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know…
- [1 Samuel 27:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/11) — And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so wi…
- [1 Samuel 31:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/31/4) — Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through,…
- [2 Samuel 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/20) — Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the unc…
- [2 Samuel 12:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/28) — Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called afte…
- [2 Samuel 15:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/14) — And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: ma…
- [2 Samuel 17:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/16) — Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the…
- [2 Samuel 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/6) — And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue af…
- [2 Kings 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/2/16) — And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest perad…
- [2 Kings 10:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/10/23) — And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there…
- [1 Chronicles 10:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/10/4) — Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his ar…
- [Job 32:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/13) — Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
- [Job 36:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/18) — Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- [Psalms 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/2/12) — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their tru…
- [Psalms 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/7/2) — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- [Psalms 13:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/13/3) — Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- [Psalms 13:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/13/4) — Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
- [Psalms 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/28/1) — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- [Psalms 38:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/16) — For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
- [Psalms 50:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/22) — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- [Psalms 59:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/59/11) — Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
- [Psalms 91:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/91/12) — They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- [Proverbs 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/6) — Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
- [Proverbs 5:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/9) — Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
- [Proverbs 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/10) — Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
- [Proverbs 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/9/8) — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- [Proverbs 20:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/13) — Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- [Proverbs 22:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/25) — Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
- [Proverbs 24:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/18) — Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
- [Proverbs 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/8) — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- [Proverbs 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/10) — Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
- [Proverbs 25:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/16) — Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- [Proverbs 25:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/17) — Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
- [Proverbs 26:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/4) — Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
- [Proverbs 26:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/5) — Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
- [Proverbs 30:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/6) — Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
- [Proverbs 30:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/9) — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
- [Proverbs 30:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/10) — Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
- [Proverbs 31:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/5) — Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
- [Isaiah 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/6/10) — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,…
- [Isaiah 27:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/27/3) — I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
- [Isaiah 28:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/22) — Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined…
- [Isaiah 36:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/36/18) — Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand…
- [Isaiah 48:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/5) — I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done t…
- [Isaiah 48:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/7) — They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew…
- [Jeremiah 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/1/17) — Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound t…
- [Jeremiah 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/4) — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury co…
- [Jeremiah 6:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/8) — Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
- [Jeremiah 10:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/10/24) — O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
- [Jeremiah 21:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/12) — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, l…
- [Jeremiah 38:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/19) — And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, a…
- [Jeremiah 51:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/46) — And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in…
- [Hosea 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/2/3) — Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay he…
- [Amos 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/6) — Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth…
- [Malachi 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/4/6) — And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth…