So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
And whanne Gad hadde come to Dauid, he telde to Dauid, and seide, Eþer hungur schal come to þee in thi lond seuene yeer; ethir thre monethis thou schalt fle thin aduersaries, and þei schulen pursue þee; eþer certis thre daies pestilence schal be in thi lond; now þerfor delyuere thou, eþer auyse thou, and se, what word Y schal answere to hym þat sente me.