Jueces 19:3

3 su marido viajó a Belén para hablar personalmente con ella y convencerla de que regresara. Llevó consigo a un siervo y a un par de burros. Cuando llegó a
la casa del padre, este lo vio y le dio la bienvenida.

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 El levita y su concubina
En esos días, Israel no tenía rey. Hubo un hombre de la tribu de Leví que vivía en un lugar remoto de la zona montañosa de Efraín. Cierto día se llevó a su casa a una mujer de Belén de Judá, para que fuera su concubina.

2 Pero ella se enojó con él
y volvió a la casa de su padre, en Belén.
Unos cuatro meses después,

3 su marido viajó a Belén para hablar personalmente con ella y convencerla de que regresara. Llevó consigo a un siervo y a un par de burros. Cuando llegó a
la casa del padre, este lo vio y le dio la bienvenida.

4 Le insistió a quedarse por un tiempo, así que pasó allí tres días, comiendo, bebiendo y durmiendo.

5 Al cuarto día, el hombre se levantó temprano y estaba listo para partir, pero el padre de la mujer le dijo a su yerno: «Come algo antes de irte».