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And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.
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And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey in the mouth of the lion.
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And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.
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And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.
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And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.
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And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will you give thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
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And if ye cannot tell it me, ye shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound thy riddle, and we will hear it.
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And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.
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And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence?
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And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?
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And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.