Verse 2

Judges 15:2

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2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

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 But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a... Focus ↗

2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy...

3 And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do th... Focus ↗

4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and pu... Focus ↗

5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, a... Focus ↗

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

7 And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after th... Focus ↗

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of t... Focus ↗

9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. Focus ↗

10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come... Focus ↗

11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Kno... Focus ↗

12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the... Focus ↗

13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: b... Focus ↗

14 When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came migh... Focus ↗

15 And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand me... Focus ↗

16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smi... Focus ↗

17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his h... Focus ↗

18 And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by... Focus ↗

19 But God (Elohim) clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he... Focus ↗

20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 15 (20 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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