士师记 19:4

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

那人的岳父，就是女子的父親，強留那人，那人就與他同住了三天；他們一起吃喝，在那裡住宿。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
那 人 的 岳 父 ， 就 是 女 子 的 父 亲 ， 将 那 人 留 下 住 了 三 天 。 於 是 二 人 一 同 吃 喝 、 住 宿 。

Contextual Overview

¹ At that time Israel did not have a king. There was a Levite who lived in the faraway mountains of Ephraim. He had taken a slave woman from the city of Bethlehem in the land of Judah to live with him, ² but she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah and stayed there for four months. ³ Then her husband went to ask her to come back to him, taking with him his servant and two donkeys. When the Levite came to her father's house, she invited him to come in, and her father was happy to see him. ⁴ The father-in-law, the young woman's father, asked him to stay. So he stayed for three days and ate, drank, and slept there. ⁵ On the fourth day they got up early in the morning. The Levite was getting ready to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself by eating something. Then go." ⁶ So the two men sat down to eat and drink together. After that, the father said to him, "Please stay tonight. Relax and enjoy yourself." ⁷ When the man got up to go, his father-in-law asked him to stay. So he stayed again that night. ⁸ On the fifth day the man got up early in the morning to leave. The woman's father said, "Refresh yourself. Wait until this afternoon." So the two men ate together. ⁹ When the Levite, his slave woman, and his servant got up to leave, the father-in-law, the young woman's father, said, "It's almost night. The day is almost gone. Spend the night here and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow morning you can get up early and go home." ¹⁰ But the Levite did not want to stay another night. So he took his two saddled donkeys and his slave woman and traveled toward the city of Jebus (also called Jerusalem).

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Reciprocal: Genesis 25:6 - concubines

Cross-References

Genesis 13:13
Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord .

Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "I have heard many complaints against the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. They are very evil.

Genesis 19:1
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting near the city gate. When he saw them, he got up and went to them and bowed facedown on the ground.

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside to them, closing the door behind him.

Genesis 19:20
Look, that little town over there is not too far away. Let me run there. It's really just a little town, and I'll be safe there."

Genesis 19:25
and destroyed those cities. He also destroyed the whole Jordan Valley, everyone living in the cities, and even all the plants.

Exodus 16:2
Then the whole Israelite community grumbled to Moses and Aaron in the desert.

Exodus 23:2
"You must not do wrong just because everyone else is doing it. If you are a witness in court, you must not ruin a fair trial. You must not tell lies just because everyone else is.

Proverbs 4:16
because they cannot sleep until they do evil. They cannot rest until they harm someone.

Proverbs 6:18
a mind that thinks up evil plans, feet that are quick to do evil,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him,.... Prevailed upon him to stay some time with him:

and he abode with him three days; it seems as if he agreed to stay with him so long, and that time he stayed contentedly:

so they did eat and drink, and lodged there; the Levite and his servant were very handsomely entertained, and had everything provided for them convenient for meat, drink, and lodging.