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So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

2 Samuel 13:6 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી2 શમુએલ ૧૩:૬
તેથી આમ્નોન સૂઈ ગયો અને બીમાર હોવાનો ઢોંગ કર્યો. રાજા તેની ખબર જોવા આવ્યો, ત્યારે આમ્નોને રાજાને કહ્યું, “કૃપા કરી મારી બહેન તામારને મોકલો, કે તે મારા દેખતાં મારે માટે થોડી રસોઈ બનાવે અને હું તેના હાથે ખાઉં.”
हिन्दी2 शमूएल १३:६
अतः अम्नोन लेटकर बीमार बना; और जब राजा उसे देखने आया, तब अम्नोन ने राजा से कहा, “मेरी बहन तामार आकर मेरे देखते दो पूरियां बनाए, कि मैं उसके हाथ से खाऊँ।”

In context

4He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

5Jonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”

6So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”

8So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

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