Verse 5

On 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.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:5 : 5 And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.”“All right,” they replied,“you may do as you say.”
• Judg 19:8 : 8 He 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.
• 1 Sam 14:27-29 : 27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed. 28 Then someone from the army informed him,“Your father put the army under a strict oath saying,‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.” 29 Then Jonathan said,“My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed when I tasted just a little of this honey.
• 1 Sam 30:12 : 12 They gave him a slice of pressed figs and two bunches of raisins to eat. This greatly refreshed him, for he had not eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.
• 1 Kgs 13:7 : 7 The king then said to the prophet,“Come home with me and have something to eat, so that I may give you a gift.”
• Ps 104:15 : 15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.
• John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
• Acts 9:19 : 19 and after taking some food, his strength returned.For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,