Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her. I verily Judges 14:16,20 So she wept before Samson and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me: therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle, which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered: I would not tell it to my father and mother: and how can I tell it to thee? . . . Acts 26:9 And I indeed did formerly think that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. gave Judges 14:20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband. Genesis 38:14 And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him. take her. Context Samson's Revenge1And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber, as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying: 2I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her.3And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines: for I will do you evils.… Cross References Judges 14:20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband. Judges 15:3 And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines: for I will do you evils. Lexicon “I was sureוַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say you thoroughly hated her,” שָׂנֹ֣א (śā·nō) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 8130: To hate said אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say her father, אָבִ֗יהָ (’ā·ḇî·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father “so I gave וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה (wā·’et·tə·nen·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set her to one of the men who accompanied you. לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ (lə·mê·rê·‘e·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4828: Friend, companion Is not הֲלֹ֨א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no her younger הַקְּטַנָּה֙ (haq·qə·ṭan·nāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant sister אֲחֹתָ֤הּ (’ă·ḥō·ṯāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister more beautiful טוֹבָ֣ה (ṭō·w·ḇāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good than she? מִמֶּ֔נָּה (mim·men·nāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of Please נָ֥א (nā) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' take תְּהִי־ (tə·hî-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be her instead.” תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃ (taḥ·te·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of Additional Translations “I was sure you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”And her father said, I truly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray you, instead of her. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. And her father spoke, saying, I said that thou didst surely hate her, and I gave her to one of thy friends: is not her younger sister better than she? let her be to thee instead of her. And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her, I pray thee, be thine instead of her. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. Her father said, "I most certainly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead." and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.' 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