וַיַּ֨עַן שָׁא֜וּל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲל֨וֹא בֶן־יְמִינִ֤י אָ֙נֹכִי֙ מִקַּטַנֵּי֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ הַצְּעִרָ֔ה מִכָּֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת שִׁבְטֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלָ֙מָּה֙ דִּבַּ֣רְתָּ אֵלַ֔י כַּדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּֽה׃ (ס)
Sumagot si Saul at sinabi, “Hindi ba ako ay isang Benjaminita, mula sa pinakamaliit sa mga lipi ng Israel? At ang aking angkan ay ang pinakamaliit sa lahat ng angkan ng mga lipi ng Benjamin. Bakit ka nagsasalita sa akin nang ganito?”
I Samuel
Shmuel said, "Is this not so? Though you may be small in your own eyes, you are the head of the tribes of Yisroel, and Adonoy has anointed you to be king over Yisroel.