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Geneva Bible

Judges 19:13

And he said vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs drawe neere to one of these places, that wee may lodge in Gibeah or in Ramah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ramah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Garments;   Ramah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Rama;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gibeah;   Hospitality;   Judges, Book of;   Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Bethlehem;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Ramah;   Samson;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gibeah ;   Ramah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Concubine;   Gibeah;   Ramah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ra'mah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bone;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gibeah;   Hill;   Maccabees, Books of;   Ramah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeah;   Ramah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Come on,” he said, “let’s try to reach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
Hebrew Names Version
He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gevah, or in Ramah.
King James Version
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places; we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah."
English Standard Version
And he said to his young man, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places and spend the night at Gibeah or at Ramah."
New Century Version
He said, "Come on. Let's try to make it to Gibeah or Ramah so we can spend the night in one of those cities."
New English Translation
He said to his servant, "Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
Amplified Bible
And he said to his servant, "Come and let us approach one of these places: and we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah."
New American Standard Bible
And he said to his servant, "Come, and let's approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
Legacy Standard Bible
Verder sê hy aan sy dienaar: Trek, laat ons nader kom by een van die plekke en in Gíbea of Rama vernag.
Contemporary English Version
because we can make it to Gibeah or maybe even to Ramah before dark."
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to his servant, "Let's go, and we'll get to one of those places; we'll stay in Giv‘ah or Ramah."
Darby Translation
And he said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Levite said, "Come on. Let's try to make it to Gibeah or Ramah. We can stay the night in one of those cities."
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to his servant, Come, let us draw near to one of these places to lodge the night in Gibeah, or in Ramtha.
Literal Translation
And he said to his young man, Come and we shall draw near to one of these places, and shall stay in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto his seruaut: Go thou before, that we maye come to some place, and tarye at Gibea or at Ramah allnight.
American Standard Version
And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayd vnto his lad: Go forwarde and let vs drawe neare to one of these places to lodge all nyght, either in Gibea, or in Rama
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto his servant: 'Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
King James Version (1611)
And hee sayde vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs draw neere to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to his young man, Come, and let us draw nigh to one of the places, and we will lodge in Gabaa or in Rama.
English Revised Version
And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Berean Standard Bible
He continued, "Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne Y schal come thidur, we schulen dwelle therynne, `ether certis in the citee of Rama.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to his young man, `Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
Update Bible Version
And he said to his attendant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
World English Bible
He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
New King James Version
So he said to his servant, "Come, let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah."
New Living Translation
Come on, let's try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we'll spend the night in one of those towns."
New Life Bible
And he said to his servant, "Come, let us go to one of these places. We will stay the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
New Revised Standard
Then he said to his servant, "Come, let us try to reach one of these places, and spend the night at Gibeah or at Ramah."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said to his young man, Come and let us draw near unto one of the places, - and tarry the night in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when I shall come thither, we will lodge there, or at least in the city of Rama.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night at Gib'e-ah or at Ramah."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to his servant, "Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

Contextual Overview

1 Also in those dayes, when there was no king in Israel, a certaine Leuite dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, and tooke to wife a concubine out of Beth-lehem Iudah, 2 And his concubine played ye whore there, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Beth-lehem Iudah, and there continued the space of foure moneths. 3 And her husband arose and went after her, to speake friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe: he had also his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him vnto her fathers house, and when the yong womans father sawe him, he reioyced of his comming. 4 And his father in lawe, the yong womans father reteined him: & he abode with him three dayes: so they did eate & drinke, & lodged there. 5 And when the fourth day came, they arose earely in the morning, and he prepared to depart: then the yong womans father said vnto his sonne in lawe, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and then go your way. 6 So they sate downe, and did eate & drinke both of them together. And the yong womans father said vnto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tary all night, and let thine heart be mery. 7 And when the man rose vp to depart, his father in lawe was earnest: therefore he returned, and lodged there. 8 And he arose vp earely the fifth day to depart, and the yong womans father saide, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee: and they taryed vntill after midday, and they both did eate. 9 Afterwarde when the man arose to depart with his concubine and his seruant, his father in lawe, the yong womans father said vnto him, Beholde nowe, the day draweth towarde euen: I pray you, tary all night: beholde, the sunne goeth to rest: lodge here, that thine heart may be merie, and to morowe get you earely vpon your way, and goe to thy tent. 10 But the man would not tarry, but arose & departed, and came ouer against Iebus, (which is Ierusalem) and his two asses laden, and his concubine were with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gibeah: Joshua 18:25, Joshua 18:26, Joshua 18:28, 1 Samuel 10:26, Isaiah 10:29, Hosea 5:8

Reciprocal: Judges 20:31 - the house of God

Cross-References

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord.
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lorde saide, Because the crie of Sodom and Gomorah is great, and because their sinne is exceeding grieuous,
Genesis 19:1
And in the euening there came two Angels to Sodom: and Lot sate at the gate of Sodom, and Lot sawe them, and rose vp to meete them, and he bowed himselfe with his face to the ground.
Genesis 19:5
Who crying vnto Lot said to him, Where are the men, which came to thee this night? bring them out vnto vs that we may knowe them.
Genesis 19:6
Then Lot went out at the doore vnto them, and shut the doore after him,
Genesis 19:8
Beholde nowe, I haue two daughters, which haue not knowen man: them will I bring out now vnto you, and doe to them as seemeth you good: onely vnto these men doe nothing: for therefore are they come vnder the shadowe of my roofe.
Genesis 19:9
Then they said, Away hence, and they said, He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he iudge and rule? we will nowe deale worse with thee then with them. So they preassed sore vpon Lot himselfe, and came to breake the doore.
Genesis 19:12
Then the men said vnto Lot, Whom hast thou yet here? either sonne in lawe, or thy sonnes, or thy daughters, or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring it out of this place.
Genesis 19:15
And when the morning arose, the Angels hasted Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be destroyed in the punishment of the citie.
Genesis 19:16
And as he prolonged the time, the men caught both him and his wife, and his two daughters by the hands (the Lord being mercifull vnto him) and they brought him foorth, and set him without the citie.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said to his servant, come, and let us draw near,.... And get on as fast as we can:

to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah; which were both in the tribe of Benjamin, and he left it to his servant to go to either, to that which was most convenient, because of the time of the day, it being near sun setting; now, as before observed, Gibeah was not quite four miles from Jerusalem; whereas, according to Jerom s, Ramah was six miles, and therefore we find they took up at Gibeah, as being nearest of these two places; :- :- :-

s De loc. Heb. fol. 94. B.


 
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