Verse 7
Judges 19:7
Free Bible Version
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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 there.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֥קָם הָ/אִ֖ישׁ לָ/לֶ֑כֶת וַ/יִּפְצַר בּ/וֹ֙ חֹתְנ֔/וֹ וַ/יָּ֖שָׁב וַ/יָּ֥לֶן שָֽׁם
English Translation
And the man arose to go, and he pleaded with his father-in-law, and he stayed and lodged there.
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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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11
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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14
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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