Jueces 11:7

7 Jefté les contestó:—¿No eran ustedes los que me odiaban y me echaron de la casa de mi padre? ¿Por qué vienen a verme ahora, cuando están en apuros?

Jueces 11:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:7

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead
In answer to their request; who though not backward to engage in the war with them, yet thought it proper to take this opportunity to upbraid them with their former unkindness to him:

did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house?
for it seems some of these elders at least were his brethren; for who else could be thought to hate him, and through hatred to thrust him out of his father's house, but they? nor is it at all improbable that they were among the elders of Gilead, considering what family they were of: though indeed the magistrates of the city might be assisting to Jephthah's brethren in the expulsion of him, or however connived at it, when they should, as he thought, have protected him, and taken care that he had justice done him; for even though illegitimate, a maintenance was due to him:

and why are ye come unto me now, when ye are in distress?
intimating, that it was not love and respect to him, but necessity, that brought them to him with this request; and that since they used him so ill, they could not reasonably expect he should have any regard unto them.

Jueces 11:7 In-Context

5 los ancianos de Galaad fueron a traer a Jefté de la tierra de Tob.

6 —Ven —le dijeron—, sé nuestro jefe, para que podamos luchar contra los amonitas.

7 Jefté les contestó:—¿No eran ustedes los que me odiaban y me echaron de la casa de mi padre? ¿Por qué vienen a verme ahora, cuando están en apuros?

8 Los ancianos de Galaad le dijeron:—Por eso ahora venimos a verte. Ven con nosotros a luchar contra los amonitas, y serás el caudillo de todos los que vivimos en Galaad.

9 Jefté respondió:—Si me llevan con ustedes para luchar contra los amonitas y el SEÑOR me los entrega, entonces de veras seré el caudillo de ustedes.