Judges 19:3-9

3Then her husband arose and went after her to 1speak 2tenderly to her in order to bring her back, 3taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he was glad to meet him. 4His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there. 5Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he 4prepared to go; and the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “5Sustain 6yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go.” 6So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night, and 7let your heart be merry.” 7Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged him so that he spent the night there again. 8On the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl’s father said, “Please sustain 8yourself, and wait until 9afternoon”; so both of them ate. 9When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day has drawn 10to a close; please spend the night. Lo, the day is 11coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go 12home.”