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So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְל֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתּ֑וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְצַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥לֶן (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וְהִֽתְמַהְמְה֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

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 yo

וַיָּ֤קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”

When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go from our road into this town of the Jebusites and take our night's rest there.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְעָבַ֖רְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְלַ֥נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va. “and”

And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

וַיָּסֻ֣רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֗א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

וַיִּשָּׂ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ (וָ) va. “and”

And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.

וַיְבִיאֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖בָל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְחֲצוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take o

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּדְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.

וַתָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּפֹּ֞ל (וַ) va. “and”

In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step.

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְתַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֶ֙הָ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזֵ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְנַתְּחֶ֙הָ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in y

וְהָיָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

וַיֵּצְאוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקָּהֵ֨ל (וַ) va. “and”

And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

(Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”