⁶ So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night, and ^(A)let your heart be merry.” ⁷ Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law pressed him so that he turned back and spent the night there. ⁸ And on the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl’s father said, “Please sustain ^[a]yourself and wait until ^[b]afternoon”; so both of them ate.