Verse 1

Samson Versus the Philistines Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father,“I want to sleep with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 38:17 : 17 He replied,“I’ll send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked,“Will you give me a pledge until you send it?”
• Luke 15:29 : 29 but he answered his father,‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
• Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.
• Gen 29:21 : 21 Finally Jacob said to Laban,“Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”