His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank, and stayed there.
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His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank, and stayed there.
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And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
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And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 19:4 And his father in law, the damsel’s…
Jdg 19:4 And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Ver. 4. Retained him.] Or, as others render it, Embraced him.
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So they did eat and drink.] In token of hearty reconciliation. {Gen 26:30 Exo 32:6}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained…
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:
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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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. retained him] or laid hold on him to…
4. retained him] or laid hold on him to prevent him from going away, cf. Jdg_7:8. The pressing and rather boisterous hospitality of the girl’s father has a tragic significance in view of what follows, hence it is emphasized from the beginning. There is no need to add and brought him in with some mss. of LXX, for the Levite has already entered the house, Jdg_19:3.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Retained him.—One motive of the father-in-law would doubtless…
(4) Retained him.—One motive of the father-in-law would doubtless be to practise the full rights of hospitality, which are in the East so specially sacred; but he probably desired further to win back the Levite’s heart to his erring daughter.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Retained him. See the same phrase 2Ki_4:8, where it…
Retained him. See the same phrase 2Ki_4:8, where it is rendered she constrained him. The full phrase is in Gen_21:18, hold him in thy hand.
Vers. 4-10. Troublesome hospitality.
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There is no more vivid picture of this extravagance. The Levite is delayed beyond all his reckoning, and perhaps through this is exposed to the evils subsequently narrated. There is a latent purpose betrayed by the anxiety of his host, which robs the offer of its simplicity and true hospitality. Like all who simulate a virtue for other than the mere love of it, he oversteps the bounds of modesty and decorum, and becomes an inconvenience instead of a help.
I TRUE HOSPITALITY SHOULD BE FOR THE SAKE OF THE GUEST, AND NOT THE HOST.
II EXCESS OF HOSPITALITY MAY ENTAIL INCONVENIENCE AND WRONG UPON OUR GUEST.
III WHERE HOSPITALITY IS OFFERED FOR SOME EXTRINSIC PURPOSE, IT LOSES ITS TRUE CHARACTER.
IV CHRIST THE GRAND EXAMPLE OF THE HOST. His moderation; careful calculation as to needs of his guests; fulness of human sympathy; impartation of spiritual grace to the humbler viands. M.
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