Jueces 14:2

2 Cuando él volvió, les dijo a sus padres:—He visto en Timnat a una joven filistea; pídanla para que sea mi esposa.

Jueces 14:2 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 14:2

And he came up, and told his father and his mother
Of his passion of love, being desirous of having their approbation and consent, in which he acted a dutiful part, and what became him; and may be an example to children to advise with their parents, and have their opinion and consent before they engage in such an enterprise, even before courtship: and said,

I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines;
whom he had a good liking of, and a strong affection for; he is very open and ingenuous in his account, does not go about to hide anything from his parents, or colour things over, or conceal her descent, but frankly tells them she was a Philistine woman, which he knew would at once furnish out an objection against her:

now therefore get her for me to wife:
for it seems it was the custom then, when a young man had found a woman he liked, that it was left to his parents to entreat with the woman and her friends about the marriage of her to him.

Jueces 14:2 In-Context

1 Sansón descendió a Timnat y vio allí a una joven filistea.

2 Cuando él volvió, les dijo a sus padres:—He visto en Timnat a una joven filistea; pídanla para que sea mi esposa.

3 Pero sus padres le dijeron:—¿Acaso no hay ninguna mujer aceptable entre tus parientes, o en todo nuestro pueblo, que tienes que ir a buscar una esposa entre esos filisteos incircuncisos?Sansón le respondió a su padre:—¡Pídeme a esa, que es la que a mí me gusta!

4 Sus padres no sabían que esto era de parte del SEÑOR, que buscaba la ocasión de confrontar a los filisteos; porque en aquel tiempo los filisteos dominaban a Israel.

5 Así que Sansón descendió a Timnat junto con sus padres. De repente, al llegar a los viñedos de Timnat, un rugiente cachorro de león le salió al encuentro.