He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”
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He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”
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And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
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And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said: 'I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore get her for me to wife.'
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Passages linked to Judges 14:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 34:4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
- Genesis 24:2-3 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh. I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Genesis 21:21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 38:6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- 2 Kings 14:9 Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, take her for me to wife.
Hebrew, take her for me to wife.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 14:2 And he came up, and told his…
Jdg 14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
Ver. 2. Now therefore get her for me to wife.] Though set upon it, and, as some gather from Jdg 14:4, warranted by God to do as he did, yet he would not take a wife without his parents’ consent. This is of the law of nature.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he came up, and told his father and…
And he came up, and told his father and his mother,.... Of his passion of love, being desirous of having their approbation and consent, in which he acted a dutiful part, and what became him; and may be an example to children to advise with their parents, and have their opinion and consent before they engage in such an enterprise, even before courtship: and said:
I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines; whom he had a good liking of, and a strong affection for; he is very open and ingenuous in his account, does not go about to hide anything from his parents, or colour things over, or conceal her descent, but frankly tells them she was a Philistine woman, which he knew would at once furnish out an objection against her:
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now therefore get her for me to wife: for it seems it was the custom then, when a young man had found a woman he liked, that it was left to his parents to entreat with the woman and her friends about the marriage of her to him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To wife - Herein he is an example to…
To wife - Herein he is an example to all children, conformable to the fifth commandment. Children ought not to marry, nor to move toward it without the advice and consent of their parents. They that do, as Bishop Hall speaks, unchild themselves. Parents have a property in their children, as parts of themselves. In marriage this property is transferred. It is therefore not only unkind and ungrateful, but palpably unjust, to alienate this property, without their concurrence. Who so thus robbeth his father or mother, stealing himself from them who is nearer and dearer to them than their goods, and yet saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer, Prov. xxviii, 24.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Get her for me - namely, by Paying the…
Get her for me - namely, by Paying the requisite dowry (see marginal references) and gifts to relations. Hence, the frequent mention of parents taking wives for their sons Exo 34:16; Neh 10:30, because the parents of the bridegroom conducted the negotiation, and paid the dower to the parents of the bride.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Get her for me to wife — Proposals…
2. Get her for me to wife — Proposals for marriage were made by parents at the request of their sons, (Gen_34:4; Gen_34:8,) and hence must Samson’s parents go down with him to Timnath.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. Samson at first behaves as a dutiful son,…
2. Samson at first behaves as a dutiful son, and consults both parents about his marriage. It is hardly necessary to strike out the reference to his mother.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Get her for me to wife.—These arrangements were…
(2) Get her for me to wife.—These arrangements were always left to parents, who paid the marriage dower (Gen_34:4-12). (Comp. Jdg_12:9; Neh_10:30, &c.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Get her, etc. Rather, take her. It is the…
Get her, etc. Rather, take her. It is the technical phrase
(1) for a man taking a wife for himself, as Gen_4:19 Gen_6:2 1Sa_25:39, 1Sa_25:43, and vers. 3, 8 of this chapter;
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(2) for a man"s parents taking a wife for him, as Exo_34:16 Neh_10:30. The parents of the bridegroom paid the dowry agreed upon. (see Gen_34:12 1Sa_18:25)
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