Judges 19:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Judg 19:5-11
    7 verses
    88%

    5On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law,“Have a bite to eat for some energy, then you can go.”

    6So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl’s father said to the man,“Why not stay another night and have a good time!”

    7When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.

    8He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said,“Get some energy. Wait until later in the day to leave!” So they ate a meal together.

    9When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him,“Look! The day is almost over! Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.”

    10But the man did not want to stay another night. He left and traveled as far as Jebus(that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.

    11When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master,“Come on, let’s stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”

  • Judg 19:2-3
    2 verses
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    2However, she got angry at him and went home to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

    3her husband came after her, hoping he could convince her to return. He brought with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly.

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    19We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing.”

    20The old man said,“Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

    21So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.

  • Gen 24:54-55
    2 verses
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    54After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said,“Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

    55But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied,“Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

  • Gen 19:2-3
    2 verses
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    2He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.”

    3But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

  • 39They spent three days feasting there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions.

  • 23“Whose daughter are you?” he asked.“Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

  • 30So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

  • 16He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”

  • Ruth 3:13-14
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    13Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the LORD lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning.”

    14So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought,“No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor.”

  • 20He said to his daughters,“So where is he? Why in the world did you leave the man? Call him, so that he may eat a meal with us.”

  • 10Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do.

  • 23But he refused, saying,“I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

  • 21Silently the man watched her with interest to determine if the LORD had made his journey successful or not.

  • 40So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

  • 38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

  • 18Then Naomi said,“Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.”

  • 19So the prophet went back with him. He ate food in his house and he drank water.

  • 25We have plenty of straw and feed,” she added,“and room for you to spend the night.”

  • Gen 24:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

    19When she had done so, she said,“I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.”

  • 32So Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

  • 19Laban replied,“I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”

  • 29The man who has slept with her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife. Because he has humiliated her, he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

  • 29but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.

  • 8Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree.

  • 22So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.

  • 22They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.

  • 4When he gets ready to go to sleep, take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs, and lie down beside him. He will tell you what you should do.”