Judges 19:5-7

19:5 On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. 1  But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy, 2  then you can go.” 19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. 3  Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” 4  19:7 When the man got ready to leave, 5  his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night. 6 

1 tn Heb “and he arose to go.”

2 tn Heb “Sustain your heart [with] a bit of food.”

3 tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”

4 tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”

5 tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”

6 tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”