¹⁷ While this one was still speaking, another^[a] came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants by the edge of the sword,^[b] but I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

¹⁸ At the time^[c] this one was speaking, another^[d] came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house. ¹⁹ And behold,^[e] a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house so that^[f] it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”