1. When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2. Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
3. He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
4. he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open: