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And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
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And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
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Then his father and his mothersaid unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcisedPhilistines? And Samsonsaid unto his father,Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well*.
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But his father and his motherknew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
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Then wentSamsondown, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a younglionroaredagainst[a] him.
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And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
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And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleasedSamsonwell*.