Verse 3
Judges 19:3
Free Bible Version
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Then her husband went after her, to talk kindly with her and bring her back home. With him went his servant and two donkeys. She took him to her father's house and when her father met him, he gladly welcomed him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֨קָם אִישָׁ֜/הּ וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ אַחֲרֶ֗י/הָ לְ/דַבֵּ֤ר עַל לִבָּ/הּ֙ ל/השיב/ו לַ/הֲשִׁיבָ֔/הּ וְ/נַעֲר֥/וֹ עִמּ֖/וֹ וְ/צֶ֣מֶד חֲמֹרִ֑ים וַ/תְּבִיאֵ֨/הוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔י/הָ וַ/יִּרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙ אֲבִ֣י הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֔ה וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֖ח לִ/קְרָאתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And a man rose and went after her to speak to her heart, to bring her back, and his young man with him, and a pair of donkeys, and she brought them to her father's house, and her father saw him and rejoiced to meet him.
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Chapter 19 Context
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At that time Israel didn't have a king. A Levite who was living in a remote area in the hill country...
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But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father's house in Bethlehem. She was the...
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Then her husband went after her, to talk kindly with her and bring her back home. With him went his...
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Her father pressed him to stay with them, so he remained for three days, eating, drinking, and sleep...
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On the fourth day he and his concubine got up early in the morning and prepared to leave, but her fa...
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So the two men sat down to eat and drink together. The father said to his son-in law, “Please agree...
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The man got up to leave, but his father-in-law pressed him to stay, so in the end he spent the night...
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On the fifth day he got up early in the morning to leave. But his father-in-law said, “Eat before yo...
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When he got up to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law told him, “Look it's l...
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But the man didn't want to spend another night, so he got up and left. He headed towards the town of...
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As they approached Jebus the day was over, and the servant said to his master, “Sir, why don't we st...
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But his master replied, “No, we're not going to stop in this town where only foreigners live and no...
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Then he told his servant, “Come on, let's try and get to Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night somewhe...
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They stopped in Gibeah to spend the night, and sat down in the town's main square, but no one invite...
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But later that evening an old man came by, returning from working in the fields. He was from the hil...
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He looked over and noticed the traveler in the square and asked, “Where are you going and where have...
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“We've come from Bethlehem in Judah and we're going to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim,...
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There's straw and food for our donkeys, and we your servants have bread and wine—enough for me, the...
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“You are welcome to stay with me,” the man replied. “I can let you have everything you need. Just do...
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He took him home and fed the donkeys. The travelers washed their feet and then started to eat and dr...
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While they were enjoying themselves, some depraved men from the town came and surrounded the house a...
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The man who owned the house went outside and told them, “My brothers, don't act in such an evil way!...
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Look, here's my virgin daughter and the man's concubine. Let me bring them out and you can rape them...
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But the men refused to listen, so the man grabbed his concubine and threw her outside to them. They...
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Her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house. He went out to continue his journ...
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“Get up, let's go,” he told her, but there was no answer. Then the man lifted her onto his donkey an...
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When he got home he took a knife, and holding onto his concubine, cut her up, limb by limb, into twe...
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Everyone who saw her said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen before, from the time the Israelite...
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