Verse 2

Judges 15:2

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2 And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אָבִ֗י/הָ אָמֹ֤ר אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ כִּי שָׂנֹ֣א שְׂנֵאתָ֔/הּ וָ/אֶתְּנֶ֖/נָּה לְ/מֵרֵעֶ֑/ךָ הֲ/לֹ֨א אֲחֹתָ֤/הּ הַ/קְּטַנָּה֙ טוֹבָ֣ה מִמֶּ֔/נָּה תְּהִי נָ֥א לְ/ךָ֖ תַּחְתֶּֽי/הָ

English Translation

And he said, "My father said, 'I have said that you hate her, and I will give her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Let her be a wife for you instead of her.'"

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Chapter 15 Context

1 Now a short time after, at the time of the grain-cutting, Samson, taking with him a young goat, went... Focus ↗

2 And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: b...

3 Then Samson said to them, This time I will give payment in full to the Philistines, for I am going t... Focus ↗

4 So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail t... Focus ↗

5 Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the... Focus ↗

6 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,... Focus ↗

7 And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and tha... Focus ↗

8 And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; t... Focus ↗

9 Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi. Focus ↗

10 And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they said, We have come up to take S... Focus ↗

11 Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Sams... Focus ↗

12 Then they said to him, We have come down to take you and give you up into the hands of the Philistin... Focus ↗

13 And they said, No; we will take you and give you up into their hands, but truly we will not put you... Focus ↗

14 And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came out, meeting him with loud cries; then the spirit of... Focus ↗

15 And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to de... Focus ↗

16 And Samson said, With a red ass's mouth-bone I have made them red with blood, with a red ass's mouth... Focus ↗

17 And having said these words, he let the mouth-bone go out of his hand; so that place was named Ramat... Focus ↗

18 After this, he was in great need of water, and crying out to the Lord, he said, You have given this... Focus ↗

19 Then God (Elohim) made a crack in the hollow rock in Lehi and water came out of it; and after drinki... Focus ↗

20 And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years. Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 15 (20 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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