Judges 15:1

¶ But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

But it came to pass within a while after {H3117}, in the time {H3117} of wheat {H2406} harvest {H7105}, that Samson {H8123} visited {H6485} his wife {H802} with a kid {H1423}{H5795}; and he said {H559}, I will go in {H935} to my wife {H802} into the chamber {H2315}. But her father {H1} would not suffer {H5414} him to go in {H935}.

But after a while, during the wheat-harvest season, Shimshon went to see his wife. He brought a young goat for her and said to her father, "I want to go to my wife in her room." But he wouldn't let him.

Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 38:17 (6 votes)

    And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?

  • Genesis 29:21 (4 votes)

    And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

  • Luke 15:29 (4 votes)

    And he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

  • Genesis 6:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.