Jueces 19:3

3 cuando su esposo fue a verla para convencerla de que regresara. Con él llevó a un criado suyo y dos asnos. Ella lo hizo pasar a la casa de su propio padre, quien se alegró mucho de verlo.

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 En la época en que no había rey en Israel, un levita que vivía en una zona remota de la región montañosa de Efraín tomó como concubina a una mujer de Belén de Judá.

2 Pero ella le fue infiel y lo dejó, volviéndose a la casa de su padre, en Belén de Judá. Había estado allí cuatro meses

3 cuando su esposo fue a verla para convencerla de que regresara. Con él llevó a un criado suyo y dos asnos. Ella lo hizo pasar a la casa de su propio padre, quien se alegró mucho de verlo.

4 Su suegro, padre de la muchacha, lo convenció de que se quedara, y él se quedó con él tres días, comiendo, bebiendo y durmiendo allí.

5 Al cuarto día madrugaron y él se dispuso a salir, pero el padre de la muchacha le dijo a su yerno: «Repón tus fuerzas con algo de comida; luego podrás irte».