Jueces 14:2

2 Cuando volvió a su casa, dijo a su padre y a su madre:
—Me gusta una joven filistea de Timna y quiero casarme con ella. Consíganmela.

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 El acertijo de Sansón
Cierto día, estando Sansón en Timna, se vio atraído por una mujer filistea.

2 Cuando volvió a su casa, dijo a su padre y a su madre:
—Me gusta una joven filistea de Timna y quiero casarme con ella. Consíganmela.

3 Pero su padre y su madre se opusieron.
—¿Acaso no hay una sola mujer de nuestra tribu o entre todas las israelitas con la que puedas casarte? —preguntaron—. ¿Por qué tienes que ir a los filisteos paganos a buscar una esposa?
Sin embargo, Sansón le dijo a su padre:
—¡Consíguemela! A mí me gusta ella.

4 Su padre y su madre no se daban cuenta de que el Señor
estaba obrando en todo esto, con el fin de crear una oportunidad para actuar contra los filisteos, que en ese tiempo gobernaban a Israel.

5 Cuando Sansón y sus padres descendían hacia Timna, de repente un león joven atacó a Sansón cerca de los viñedos de Timna.