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2 Samuel 13:12

Listen to 2 Samuel 13:12
12 Elle lui répondit: Non, mon frère, ne me déshonore pas, car on n'agit point ainsi en Israël; ne commets pas cette infamie.

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 Alors Amnon dit à Tamar: Apporte le mets dans la chambre, et que je le mange de ta main. Tamar prit les gâteaux qu'elle avait faits, et les porta à Amnon, son frère, dans la chambre.
11 Comme elle les lui présentait à manger, il la saisit et lui dit: Viens, couche avec moi, ma soeur.
12 Elle lui répondit: Non, mon frère, ne me déshonore pas, car on n'agit point ainsi en Israël; ne commets pas cette infamie.
13 Où irais-je, moi, avec ma honte? Et toi, tu serais comme l'un des infâmes en Israël. Maintenant, je te prie, parle au roi, et il ne s'opposera pas à ce que je sois à toi.
14 Mais il ne voulut pas l'écouter; il lui fit violence, la déshonora et coucha avec elle.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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