11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. 1 11:2 Gilead’s wife also gave 2 him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, 3 because you are another woman’s son.” 11:3 So Jephthah left 4 his half-brothers 5 and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. 6
1 tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”
2 tn Heb “bore.”
3 tn Heb “in the house of our father.”
4 tn Or “fled from.”
5 tn Heb “brothers.”
6 tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”