thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak He receives the sign for which he had unfaithfully asked (Matthew 12:38), but it comes in the form of a punishment. This positive and negative way of expressing the same thing is common, especially in Hebrew literature, 2 Samuel 14:5; Exodus 21:11; Isaiah 38:1; Lamentations 3:2, &c.

in their season "I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life," Genesis 18:10, i. e. after the usual nine months.

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