So they sat down and did eat and drink, both of them together. And the [a]young woman’s father said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law [b]was earnest: therefore he returned, and lodged there.

And he arose up early the fifth day to depart, and the young woman’s father said, [c]Comfort thine heart, I pray thee: and they tarried until after midday, and they both did eat.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:6 That is, his concubine’s father.
  2. Judges 19:7 Or, compelled him.
  3. Judges 19:8 Meaning, that he should refresh himself with meat, as verse 5.

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