Deuteronomy 22:13
“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
In Context
14and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her.
Cross References
Genesis 29:23But that evening, instead of taking Rachel to Jacob, Laban took his older daughter, Leah, to him. But because it was already dark, he could not see that it was Leah and not Rachel, and he had sex [EUP] with her.
Deuteronomy 24:1“Suppose a man marries a woman and later decides that he does not want her because there is something about her that he doesn’t like. And suppose he writes on paper that he is divorcing her, and he gives the paper to her [SYN] and sends her away from his house.
Ephesians 5:28In the same way, each man should love his wife as he loves his own body. Men who love their wives, it is as though they love themselves.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:6-13
Various Prohibitions. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well… Read the whole commentary →