Jueces 14:3

3 Pero su padre y su madre se opusieron.
—¿Acaso no hay una sola mujer de nuestra tribu o entre todas las israelitas con la que puedas casarte? —preguntaron—. ¿Por qué tienes que ir a los filisteos paganos a buscar una esposa?
Sin embargo, Sansón le dijo a su padre:
—¡Consíguemela! A mí me gusta ella.

Jueces 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 14:3

Then his father and his mother said unto him
What he might expect, and doubtless did expect:

is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among
all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised
Philistines?
none in their own family, nor in the tribe of Dan, nor among the whole nation of Israel, but must go among the uncircumcised Philistines; for though they were not of the seven nations of the Canaanites, with whom marriage was forbidden, yet they not only dwelt where they did, and where the Israelites should, but were idolaters and impure persons, and therefore affinity should not be contracted with them, as being of a dangerous consequence, which might entice to idolatry. Ben Gersom observes, that their Rabbins say he made her a proselyte first, though he did not acquaint his parents with it, and so Abarbinel; but this seems not likely, for, had this been the case, he would have had an easy and ready reply to this objection of theirs:

and Samson said unto his father, get her for me, for she pleaseth me
well;
or "is right in mine eyes" ^F24; not only his eyes were taken with her beauty or external form, but it was right in his sight, in his judgment, to marry her; he having an impulse upon his mind from the Spirit of God unto it, though he did not let his parents know of it, but left them to conclude it sprung from a strong affection to her person. Abarbinel observes, that he only addressed his father, and not his mother, she being most vehemently against the match, and expressing more uneasiness at it than his father did; but it is most likely that he addressed his father particularly, because he was the proper person to negotiate this affair for him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (ynyeb hrvy) "recta in oculis meis", Montanus, Junius et Tremellius.

Jueces 14:3 In-Context

1 El acertijo de Sansón
Cierto día, estando Sansón en Timna, se vio atraído por una mujer filistea.

2 Cuando volvió a su casa, dijo a su padre y a su madre:
—Me gusta una joven filistea de Timna y quiero casarme con ella. Consíganmela.

3 Pero su padre y su madre se opusieron.
—¿Acaso no hay una sola mujer de nuestra tribu o entre todas las israelitas con la que puedas casarte? —preguntaron—. ¿Por qué tienes que ir a los filisteos paganos a buscar una esposa?
Sin embargo, Sansón le dijo a su padre:
—¡Consíguemela! A mí me gusta ella.

4 Su padre y su madre no se daban cuenta de que el Señor
estaba obrando en todo esto, con el fin de crear una oportunidad para actuar contra los filisteos, que en ese tiempo gobernaban a Israel.

5 Cuando Sansón y sus padres descendían hacia Timna, de repente un león joven atacó a Sansón cerca de los viñedos de Timna.