Judges 15:2

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1וַיְהִי מִיָּמִים בִּימֵי קְצִיר ־ חִטִּים וַיִּפְקֹד שִׁמְשׁוֹן אֶת ־ אִשְׁתּוֹ בִּגְדִי עִזִּים וַיֹּאמֶר אָבֹאָה אֶל ־ אִשְׁתִּי הֶחָדְרָה וְלֹֽא ־ נְתָנוֹ אָבִיהָ לָבֽוֹא ׃

3וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשׁוֹן נִקֵּיתִי הַפַּעַם מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים כִּֽי ־ עֹשֶׂה אֲנִי עִמָּם רָעָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14וַתָּסַר בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ מֵֽעָלֶיהָ וַתְּכַס בַּצָּעִיף וַתִּתְעַלָּף וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּפֶתַח עֵינַיִם אֲשֶׁר עַל ־ דֶּרֶךְ תִּמְנָתָה כִּי רָאֲתָה כִּֽי ־ גָדַל שֵׁלָה וְהִוא לֹֽא ־ נִתְּנָה לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃

Judges 14:20וַתְּהִי אֵשֶׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן לְמֵרֵעֵהוּ אֲשֶׁר רֵעָה לֽוֹ ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:2-9

Samson's Firebrands. ( b. c. 1141.) 1 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. 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. 3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than… Read the whole commentary →

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