Judges 15:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And her father sayde, I thought that thou hadst hated her: therefore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger sister fayrer then shee? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 14:20 : 20 Then Samsons wife was giuen to his companion, whom he had vsed as his friend.
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 I also verely thought in my selfe, that I ought to doe many contrarie things against the Name of Iesus of Nazareth.
  • Gen 38:14 : 14 Then she put her widowes garments off from her, and couered her with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in Pethah-enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, because she sawe that Shelah was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.
  • Judg 14:16 : 16 And Samsons wife wept before him, and savd, Surely thou hatest mee and louest mee not: for thou hast put forth a riddle vnto the children of my people, and hast not told it mee; hee sayd vnto her, Beholde, I haue not told it my father, nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

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  • 1Bvt within a while after, in the time of wheate haruest, Samson visited his wife with a kid, saying, I wil go in to my wife into the chamber: but her father would not suffer him to goe in.

  • Judg 14:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1Nowe Samson went downe to Timnath, and saw a woma in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims,

    2And he came vp and told his father and his mother and saide, I haue seene a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims: now therfore giue me her to wife.

    3Then his father and his mother sayde vnto him, Is there neuer a wife among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou must go to take a wife of the vncircumcised Philistims? And Samson sayd vnto his father, Giue mee her, for she pleaseth me wel.

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    16And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, and he hateth her:

    17And lo, he layeth slaunderous things vnto her charge, saying, I founde not thy daughter a mayde: loe, these are the tokens of my daughters virginitie: and they shal spreade the vesture before the Elders of the citie.

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    19And the Spirite of the Lorde came vpon him, and he went downe to Ashkelon, and slew thirtie men of them and spoyled them, and gaue chaunge of garments vnto them, which expounded the riddle: and his wrath was kindled, and he went vp to his fathers house.

    20Then Samsons wife was giuen to his companion, whom he had vsed as his friend.

  • Judg 15:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6Then the Philistims sayde, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson the sonne in law of the Timnite, because hee had taken his wife, and giuen her to his companion. Then the Philistims came vp and burnt her and her father with fire.

    7And Samson saide vnto them, Though yee haue done this, yet wil I be auenged of you, and then I wil cease.

  • 3Then Samson saide vnto them, Nowe am I more blamelesse then the Philistims: therefore will I doe them displeasure.

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    15And when the seuenth day was come, they said vnto Samsons wife, Entise thine husband, that he may declare vs the riddle, lest wee burne thee and thy fathers house with fire. Haue ye called vs, to possesse vs? is it not so?

    16And Samsons wife wept before him, and savd, Surely thou hatest mee and louest mee not: for thou hast put forth a riddle vnto the children of my people, and hast not told it mee; hee sayd vnto her, Beholde, I haue not told it my father, nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

    17Then Samsons wife wept before him seuen dayes, while their feast lasted: and when the seuenth day came he tolde her, because she was importunate vpon him: so she told the riddle to the children of her people.

  • 38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

  • 3And her husband arose and went after her, to speake friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe: he had also his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him vnto her fathers house, and when the yong womans father sawe him, he reioyced of his coming.

  • 14And laye slaunderous thinges vnto her charge, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this wife, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayde,

  • Gen 34:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me.

    12Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife.

  • 7And he went down, & talked with the woman which was beautifull in the eyes of Samson.

  • 19Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

  • 15Againe shee sayde vnto him, Howe canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked mee these three times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength lieth.

  • 12Yet in very deede she is my sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife.

  • 16And he turned to the way towardes her, and saide, Come, I pray thee, let me lie with thee. (for he knewe not that she was his daughter in lawe) And she answered, What wilt thou giue me for to lie with me?

  • Gen 34:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8And Hamor communed with them, saying, the soule of my sonne Shechem longeth for your daughter: giue her him to wife, I pray you.

    9So make affinitie with vs: giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you,

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    36And she said vnto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the Lorde, doe with me as thou hast promised, seeing that the Lorde hath auenged thee of thine enemies the children of Ammon.

    37Also she saide vnto her father, Doe thus much for me: suffer me two moneths, that I may goe to the mountaines, and bewaile my virginitie, I and my fellowes.

    38And he sayde, Goe: and he sent her away two moneths: so she went with her companions, and lamented her virginitie vpon the moutaines.

  • 17If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shal pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins.

  • Judg 16:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4And after this hee loued a woman by the riuer of Sorek, whose name was Delilah:

    5Vnto whome came the princes of the Philistims, and said vnto her, Entise him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what meane we may ouercome him, that we may binde him, and punish him, and euery one of vs shall giue thee eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer.

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    10So his father went down vnto the woman, and Samson made there a feast: for so vsed the yong men to doe.

    11And when they sawe him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

  • 9But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shal deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.

  • 45Thou art thy mothers daughter, that hath cast off her husband and her children, and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which forsooke their husbandes and their children: your mother is an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

  • 15If a man haue two wiues, one loued and another hated, and they haue borne him children, both the loued and also the hated: if the first borne be the sonne of the hated,

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    11And when she had set them before him to eate, he tooke her, and sayd vnto her, Come, lye with me, my sister.

    12But shee answered him, Nay, my brother, doe not force me: for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: commit not this follie.

  • 22And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, we wil say vnto them, Haue pitie on them for our sakes, because we reserued not to eche man his wife in the warre, and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hitherto, ye haue sinned.

  • 4Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maide to wife.

  • 16And she answered him, There is no cause: this euill (to put mee away) is greater then the other that thou diddest vnto me: but he would not heare her,

  • 12Againe they sayd vnto him, Wee are come to binde thee, and to deliuer thee into the hande of the Philistims; Samson sayde vnto them, Sweare vnto me, that yee will not fall vpon me your selues.