2 Samuel 13:12

Listen to 2 Samuel 13:12
12 Pero ella le respondi贸: No, hermano m铆o, no abuses de m铆, porque tal cosa no se hace en Israel; no cometas esta infamia.

2 Samuel 13:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:12

And she answered him, nay, my brother
Which carried in it a reason sufficient for her denial, that he was her brother, and she his sister, and therefore should not offer such an indignity to her:

do not force me;
which was another forbidding expression, signifying she would never freely yield to his will; and to force her, to defile her against her will, to commit a rape upon her, would be very criminal indeed:

for no such thing ought to be done in Israel;
among God's professing people, who were better taught and instructed; and to give into such impure practices would bring a dishonour upon them, and upon the religion they professed; she urges the honour of religion, and the reputation of Israel, and the glory of the God of Israel:

do not thou this folly:
as all sin is, especially such an impure and indecent action as this.

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2 Samuel 13:12 In-Context

10 Entonces Amn贸n dijo a Tamar: Trae la comida a la alcoba para que yo coma de tu mano. Y Tamar tom贸 las tortas que hab铆a hecho y las llev贸 a su hermano Amn贸n a la alcoba.
11 Cuando ella se las llev贸 para que comiera, 茅l le ech贸 mano, y le dijo: Ven, acu茅state conmigo, hermana m铆a.
12 Pero ella le respondi贸: No, hermano m铆o, no abuses de m铆, porque tal cosa no se hace en Israel; no cometas esta infamia.
13 Pues, 驴ad贸nde ir铆a yo con mi deshonra? Y t煤 ser铆as como uno de los insensatos de Israel. Ahora pues, te ruego que hables al rey, que 茅l no me negar谩 a ti.
14 Pero 茅l no quiso escucharla; como era m谩s fuerte que ella, la forz贸, y se acost贸 con ella.
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