Discovery BoxJudges 19:6-9 
Context19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. 1 Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” 2 19:7 When the man got ready to leave, 3 his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night. 4 19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. 5 Wait until later in the day to leave!” 6 So they ate a meal together. 19:9 When the man got ready to leave 7 with his concubine and his servant, 8 his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over! 9 Stay another night! Since the day is over, 10 stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.” 11
1 tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”
2 tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”
3 tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”
4 tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”
5 tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.
6 tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”
7 tn Heb “the man arose to go.”
8 tn Or “young man.”
9 tn Heb “the day is sinking to become evening.”
10 tn Or “declining.”
11 tn Heb “for your way and go to your tent.”
