Judges 11:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

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  • 93%

    35 And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

    36 And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.

    37 Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.

  • 83%

    39 And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,

    40 For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.

  • Judg 19:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    2 And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.

    3 Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.

    4 And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

    5 Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

  • Gen 38:14-20
    7 verses
    76%

    14 She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

    15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

    16 And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

    17 And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

    18 And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

    19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

    20 Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

  • 13 And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

  • 16 And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way.

  • 55 But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.

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    14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

    15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

  • 28 And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.

  • 18 And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

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    20 But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

    21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • 13 Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.

  • 38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • 22 So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

  • 17 And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.

  • 21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

  • Judg 19:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day.

    9 And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.

  • 7 And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.

  • 2 And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

  • 16 And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.

  • 27 For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.

  • 16 She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.

  • 22 But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

  • 8 Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.

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    16 And she said to him, Not so, my brother, for this great wrong in sending me away is worse than what you did to me before. But he gave no attention to her.

    17 Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.

  • 13 What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.

  • 16 And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.

  • 3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

  • 3 And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

  • 7 And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

  • 58 And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.

  • 23 And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

  • 2 And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.