Judges 19:3-9

3Then her husband set out and went after her to 1speak 2gently to her in order to bring her back, 3taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. And 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, prevailed upon him, and he remained with him for three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there. 5Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he 4prepared to go; but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “5Strengthen 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 7be so kind as to spend the night, and 8let your heart be cheerful.” 7However, the man got up to go; but his father-in-law urged him, and he spent the night there again. 8Now on the fifth day he got up to go early in the morning, but the girl’s father said, “Please strengthen 9yourself, and wait until 10late afternoon”; so both of them ate. 9When the man got up 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 11to a close; please spend the night. Behold, the day is 12coming to an end; spend the night here so that your heart may be cheerful. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey and go 13home.”