Jueces 19:3

3 Su marido se levantó y fue tras ella para hablarle cariñosamente y hacerla volver, llevando consigo a su criado y un par de asnos. Y ella lo llevó dentro de la casa de su padre, y cuando el padre de la joven lo vio, se alegró de conocerlo.

Jueces 19:3 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:3

And her husband arose
From the place where he lived:

and went after her;
to Bethlehemjudah, where her father lived:

to speak comfortably to her
"or to her heart" ^F12; having heard perhaps that she repented of her sin, or if it was only upon a quarrel between them, his anger might cool and subside, and therefore sought for a reconciliation; and which was the more commendable in him, as he did not put her away, but she departed from him: and

to bring her again;
to his own city, and to his own house and bed, as before:

having his servant with him, and a couple of asses;
one of them for her to ride upon, and the other to carry provisions on:

and she brought him into her father's house;
it seems she met with him before he came thither, in the fields, or in the street; and by this it appears that she was glad to see him, and received him in a loving manner, and introduced him into her father's house, so that things looked well, and promised success:

and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him;
having a good opinion of him, and perhaps understood, even by his daughter's story, that she was most in fault, and therefore was well pleased to see him come after her; though he ought before this time to have sent her home, or sought for a reconciliation of her to her husband.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (hbl le) "ad cor", Pagninus.

Jueces 19:3 In-Context

1 En aquellos días, cuando no había rey en Israel, había un levita que residía en la parte más remota de la región montañosa de Efraín, el cual tomó para sí una concubina de Belén de Judá.

2 Pero su concubina cometió adulterio contra él, y ella se fue de su lado, a la casa de su padre en Belén de Judá, y estuvo allí por espacio de cuatro meses.

3 Su marido se levantó y fue tras ella para hablarle cariñosamente y hacerla volver, llevando consigo a su criado y un par de asnos. Y ella lo llevó dentro de la casa de su padre, y cuando el padre de la joven lo vio, se alegró de conocerlo.

4 Y su suegro, el padre de la joven, lo retuvo, y se quedó con él tres días. Y comieron, bebieron y se alojaron allí.

5 Y al cuarto día se levantaron muy de mañana y él se preparó para irse; y el padre de la joven dijo a su yerno: Aliméntate con un bocado de pan y después os podéis ir.