◄ Judges 19:7 ►
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Good News Translation
The Levite got up to go, but the father urged him to stay, so he spent another night there.

New Revised Standard Version
When the man got up to go, his father-in-law kept urging him until he spent the night there again.

Contemporary English Version
The Levite tried to leave, but his father-in-law insisted, and he spent one more night there.

New American Bible
The man made a move to go, but when his father-in-law pressed him he went back and spent the night there.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he rising up, began to be for departing. And nevertheless his father in law earnestly pressed him, and made him stay with him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he rising up, began to be for departing. And nevertheless his father in law earnestly pressed him, and made him stay with him.

Context
The Levite and His Concubine
…6And they sat down together, and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to his son in law: I beseech thee to stay here to day, and let us make merry together. 7But he rising up, began to be for departing. And nevertheless his father in law earnestly pressed him, and made him stay with him.8But when morning was come, the Levite prepared to go on his journey. And his father in law said to him again: I beseech thee to take a little meat, and strengthening thyself, till the day be farther advanced, afterwards thou mayest depart. And they ate together.…
Cross References
Judges 19:6
And they sat down together, and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to his son in law: I beseech thee to stay here to day, and let us make merry together.

Judges 19:8
But when morning was come, the Levite prepared to go on his journey. And his father in law said to him again: I beseech thee to take a little meat, and strengthening thyself, till the day be farther advanced, afterwards thou mayest depart. And they ate together.

Judges 19:6
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