Jueces 15:2

2 sino que le dijo:—Yo estaba tan seguro de que la odiabas, que se la di a tu amigo. ¿Pero acaso no es más atractiva su hermana menor? Tómala para ti, en lugar de la mayor.

Jueces 15:2 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 15:2

And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly
hated her
Not only thought so, but said so, and had said it over and over again; for the words are, "saying I said" ^F20, affirmed it confidently and constantly, that "in hating thou hast hated her" ^F21, with an implacable hatred, that there was no hope of any reconciliation:

therefore I gave her to thy companion;
this he said to excuse his daughter, and soften his resentment, that it was not his daughter's doing, but his, and that he had disposed of her not to anybody, but to a companion of Samson's; and what follows seems to be said with the same view, for he might be in some fear of Samson, knowing him to be a man of spirit and strength:

is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee,
instead of her;
that is, to wife; and two things he observes to recommend her, her youth and beauty, in which she was preferable to her sister. Such incestuous marriages were common with the old Canaanites, and it seems still continued; but were condemned by the law of God, and not allowed an Israelite, which Samson knew full well, and therefore listened not to the proposal; see ( Leviticus 18:3 Leviticus 18:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (ytrma rma) "dicendo dixi", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator.
F21 (htanv anv) "odiendo odires eam", Pagninus, Montanus; so Piscator.

Jueces 15:2 In-Context

1 Pasado algún tiempo, durante la cosecha de trigo, Sansón tomó un cabrito y fue a visitar a su esposa.—Voy a la habitación de mi esposa —dijo él.Pero el padre de ella no le permitió entrar,

2 sino que le dijo:—Yo estaba tan seguro de que la odiabas, que se la di a tu amigo. ¿Pero acaso no es más atractiva su hermana menor? Tómala para ti, en lugar de la mayor.

3 Sansón replicó:—¡Esta vez sí que no respondo por el daño que les cause a los filisteos!

4 Así que fue y cazó trescientas zorras, y las ató cola con cola en parejas, y a cada pareja le amarró una antorcha;

5 luego les prendió fuego a las antorchas y soltó a las zorras por los sembrados de los filisteos. Así incendió el trigo que ya estaba en gavillas y el que todavía estaba en pie, junto con los viñedos y olivares.