Judges 11:2

וַתֵּלֶד אֵֽשֶׁת ־ גִּלְעָד לוֹ בָּנִים וַיִּגְדְּלוּ בְֽנֵי ־ הָאִשָּׁה וַיְגָרְשׁוּ אֶת ־ יִפְתָּח וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ לֹֽא ־ תִנְחַל בְּבֵית ־ אָבִינוּ כִּי בֶּן ־ אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת אָֽתָּה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

In Context

1וְיִפְתָּח הַגִּלְעָדִי הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל וְהוּא בֶּן ־ אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וַיּוֹלֶד גִּלְעָד אֶת ־ יִפְתָּֽח ׃

3וַיִּבְרַח יִפְתָּח מִפְּנֵי אֶחָיו וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ טוֹב וַיִּֽתְלַקְּטוּ אֶל ־ יִפְתָּח אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים וַיֵּצְאוּ עִמּֽוֹ ׃ פ

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וַיֵּרֶד אַבְרָם מִצְרַיְמָה לָגוּר שָׁם כִּֽי ־ כָבֵד הָרָעָב בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

Deuteronomy 23:2לֹֽא ־ יָבֹא פְצֽוּעַ ־ דַּכָּא וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה בִּקְהַל יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

Proverbs 5:3כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ ׃

Proverbs 6:24לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵשֶׁת רָע מֵֽחֶלְקַת לָשׁוֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:2-4

Jephthah's Promotion. ( b. c. 1143.) 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. The princes and people of… Read the whole commentary →

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