vyKHzq bv KHtnv Aby hn`rh vySHb Atv SHlSHt ymym vyAklv vySHtv vylynv SHm

et amplexatus est hominem mansitque gener in domo soceri tribus diebus comedens cum eo et bibens familiariter

And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

And his father-in-law, the young woman's father, detained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

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.

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.

Now his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, detained him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.

And his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, entertained him, and he tarried with him three days; so they ate and drank and lodged there.

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.

And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

And embraced the man. And the son in law tarried in the house of his father in law three days, eating with him and drinking familiarly.

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.

And his father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.

He made the Levite stay there with him, celebrating for three days.

His father-in-law, the girl's father, detained him, and he stayed with him for three days. They ate, drank, and spent the nights there.

The young woman's father (that is, his father-in-law) made him stay there for three days while they ate and drank during his visit there.

His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.

His father-in-law, the girl's father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.

His father-in-law, the woman's father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking, and sleeping there.

Her father urged him to stay awhile, so he stayed three days, eating, drinking, and sleeping there.

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.

He asked the Levite to stay there with them, and he stayed for three days. They ate food and they drank wine together. The Levite slept there.

And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay. So he stayed with him three days. They ate and drank and stayed there.

Her father made him stay for three days, so the Levite stayed there, eating and drinking.

Her father urged him to stay awhile, so he stayed three days, and they all had a very pleasant time.

His father-in-law, the young woman’s father, urged him to stay with him. He stayed with him for three days, eating and drinking and sleeping there.

And his father-in-law, the girl’s father, prevailed upon him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.

and his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, retained him, and he dwelt with him three days; eating and drinking, and abiding there.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him, and he stayed with him for three days. They ate, drank, and spent the nights there.

And his father-in-law, the girl’s father, [insistently] detained him, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there.

The father-in-law, the young woman’s father, asked him to stay. So he stayed for three days and ate, drank, and slept there.

It was an era when there was no king in Israel. A Levite, living as a stranger in the backwoods hill country of Ephraim, got himself a concubine, a woman from Bethlehem in Judah. But she quarreled with him and left, returning to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there four months. Then her husband decided to go after her and try to win her back. He had a servant and a pair of donkeys with him. When he arrived at her father’s house, the girl’s father saw him, welcomed him, and made him feel at home. His father-in-law, the girl’s father, pressed him to stay. He stayed with him three days; they feasted and drank and slept.

The Levite’s father-in-law, the father of the young woman, prevailed upon the man to stay with him for three days, eating, drinking, and spending the night there.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and he stayed there.

The father insisted that he stay, and so he stayed for three days. The couple had their meals and spent the nights there.

And the husband of the daughter dwelled in the house of his wife’s father (for) three days, and ate and drank at home with him.

and did not want him to leave. So the man stayed three days, eating and drinking with his father-in-law.

And his father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

His father-in-law, the young woman’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and he stayed there.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him for three days; so they ate and drank, and he stayed there.

Since his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, insisted, he stayed with him three days, eating, drinking, and spending the night there.

So his father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he stayed there with him for three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there.

And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.

His father-in-law, the young woman’s father, urged him to stay, and so he spent three days eating and drinking and passing the night there.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, prevailed upon him, and he remained with him for three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.

The father-in-law, the young woman’s father, ·asked [urged; persuaded] him to stay. So he stayed for three days and ate, drank, and slept there [C hospitality was (and is) a very high cultural value in the Middle East].

His father-in-law, the young woman’s father, kept him staying with him three days, eating, drinking and lodging there.

And his father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

His father-in-law, the woman’s father, begged him to stay. So the Levite remained with him for three days. He ate, drank and slept there.

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.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, kept him there; so he remained with him three days; they ate, drank and stayed there.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him for three days; so they ate and drank, and he stayed there.

And his khoten (father-inlaw), the avi hana’arah, held him fast; and he abode with him shloshet yamim; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

He made the Levite stay there with him, celebrating for three days.

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, prevailed upon him to stay with him for three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.

The woman’s father led the Levite into his house. The Levite’s father-in-law invited him to stay. So he stayed for three days. He ate, drank, and slept in his father-in-law’s house.

The father-in-law, the young woman’s father, asked him to stay. So he stayed for three days. He ate, drank and slept there.

His father-in-law, the young woman’s father, urged him to stay with him three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.

His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking, and sleeping there.