1 Samuel 16:20
Good News Translation
Jesse sent David to Saul with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a leather bag full of wine.

New Revised Standard Version
Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a kid, and sent them by his son David to Saul.

Contemporary English Version
Jesse loaded a donkey with bread and a goatskin full of wine, then he told David to take the donkey and a young goat to Saul.

New American Bible
Then Jesse took five loaves of bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Isai took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid of the flock, and sent them by the hand of David, his son, to Saul.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Isai took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid of the flock, and sent them by the hand of David, his son, to Saul.

an ass laden.

1 Samuel 10:27 But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents; but he dissembled as though he heard not.

1 Samuel 17:18 And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed.

1 Samuel 25:18 Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon asses:

Genesis 43:11 Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.

2 Samuel 16:1,2 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold Siba the servant of Miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses, laden with two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs, and a vessel of wine. . . .

Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.

Context
David Serves Saul
19Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David, thy son, who is in the pastures. 20And Isai took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid of the flock, and sent them by the hand of David, his son, to Saul.21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:4
And they will salute thee, and will give thee two loaves, and thou shalt take them at their hand.

1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents; but he dissembled as though he heard not.

1 Samuel 16:19
Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David, thy son, who is in the pastures.

1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed.

Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.

1 Samuel 16:19
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