And lo, he did not tarry and Jehovah's voice spoke to me as with tongues.
"Old Rachel died.

At Moses' bidding I gave up my solitary life and accepted the invitation of Aaron and Amminadab.
"So I became a guest in their household, yet led a separate life among them all.

They did not interfere with me, and the sycamore here on their land became my special property.

Beneath its shadow God commanded me to summon you and bestow on you the name 'Help of Jehovah'-- and you, no longer Hosea, but Joshua, will obey the mandate of God and His prophetess." Here the warrior interrupted the maiden's words, to which he had listened earnestly, yet with increasing disappointment: "Ay, I have obeyed you and the Most High.

But what it cost me you disdain to ask.