עַל־דְּבַ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־קִדְּמ֤וּ אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמַּ֔יִם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַאֲשֶׁר֩ שָׂכַ֨ר עָלֶ֜יךָ אֶת־בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֗וֹר מִפְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥ם נַהֲרַ֖יִם לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃
porque não vos saudaram com pão e água no caminho, quando saístes de Mitzrayim, e porque contrataram contra ti Bilaam ben Beor, de Petor em Aram Naharaim, para te amaldiçoar.
On the Migration of Abraham
[115] Evidence of this is afforded by the oracles relating to the matter; for it says “God did not give Balaam leave to curse thee, but turned his curses into blessing” (Deut. 23:5), though indeed every word he uttered was charged with fulness of benediction. But He Who looks upon what is stored up in the soul, saw, with the Eye that alone has power to discern them, the things that are out of sight of created beings, and on the ground of these passed the sentence of condemnation, being at once an absolutely true Witness, and an incorruptible Judge.