Jueces 19:25

25 Aquellos perversos no quisieron hacerle caso, así que el levita tomó a su concubina y la echó a la calle. Los hombres la violaron y la ultrajaron toda la noche, hasta el amanecer; ya en la madrugada la dejaron ir.

Jueces 19:25 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:25

But the men would not hearken to him
Especially with respect to his daughter, whom they knew very well, and had no affection for, perhaps was not handsome enough for them:

so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them;
that is, not the old man, but the Levite took his own wife or concubine, and put her forth to them, very probably with her consent, to try if that would pacify them, she being a fair and beautiful woman, as Ben Gersom and Abarbinel suggest; and Josephus ^F21 intimates, that some young men of the city had seen her in the street, and were captivated with her beauty, and came on purpose for her, and would not be satisfied unless she was delivered to them; and upon which her husband, perceiving this, laid hold on her by main strength, as the word signifies, and brought her out whether she would or not, as Kimchi notes:

and they knew her, and abused her all night until the morning;
had carnal knowledge of her, and used her in a most shocking manner one after another, all the night long, until the morning appeared:

and when the day began to spring; at break of day, when the light
dawned: they let her go;
their works being works of darkness, and would not bear the light.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 8.

Jueces 19:25 In-Context

23 El dueño de la casa salió y les dijo:—No, hermanos míos, no sean tan viles, pues este hombre es mi huésped. ¡No cometan con él tal infamia!

24 Miren, aquí está mi hija, que todavía es virgen, y la concubina de este hombre. Las voy a sacar ahora, para que las abusen y hagan con ellas lo que bien les parezca. Pero con este hombre no cometan tal infamia.

25 Aquellos perversos no quisieron hacerle caso, así que el levita tomó a su concubina y la echó a la calle. Los hombres la violaron y la ultrajaron toda la noche, hasta el amanecer; ya en la madrugada la dejaron ir.

26 Despuntaba el alba cuando la mujer volvió, y se desplomó a la entrada de la casa donde estaba hospedado su marido. Allí se quedó hasta que amaneció.

27 Cuando por la mañana su marido se levantó y abrió la puerta de la casa, dispuesto a seguir su camino, vio allí a su concubina, tendida a la entrada de la casa y con las manos en el umbral.