Judges 15:1

וַיְהִי מִיָּמִים בִּימֵי קְצִיר ־ חִטִּים וַיִּפְקֹד שִׁמְשׁוֹן אֶת ־ אִשְׁתּוֹ בִּגְדִי עִזִּים וַיֹּאמֶר אָבֹאָה אֶל ־ אִשְׁתִּי הֶחָדְרָה וְלֹֽא ־ נְתָנוֹ אָבִיהָ לָבֽוֹא ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

In Context

2וַיֹּאמֶר אָבִיהָ אָמֹר אָמַרְתִּי כִּי ־ שָׂנֹא שְׂנֵאתָהּ וָאֶתְּנֶנָּה לְמֵרֵעֶךָ הֲלֹא אֲחֹתָהּ הַקְּטַנָּה טוֹבָה מִמֶּנָּה תְּהִי ־ נָא לְךָ תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 6:4הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַֽחֲרֵי ־ כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל ־ בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּֽׁם ׃ פ

Genesis 38:17וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי אֲשַׁלַּח גְּדִֽי ־ עִזִּים מִן ־ הַצֹּאן וַתֹּאמֶר אִם ־ תִּתֵּן עֵרָבוֹן עַד שָׁלְחֶֽךָ ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:1

Samson, when he courted an alliance with the Philistines, did but seek an occasion against them, ch. xiv. 4 . Now here we have a further account of the occasions he took to weaken them, and to avenge, not his own, but Israel's quarrels, upon them. Everything here is surprising; if any thing be thought incredible, because impossible, it must be remembered that with God nothing is impossible, and it was by the Spirit of the Lord coming upon him that he was both directed to and strengthened for those unusual ways of… Read the whole commentary →

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