15 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

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參孫向非利士人報仇

15 過了些日子,在割麥的時候,參孫帶著一隻山羊羔去探望他妻子。他說:「我要進內室見我妻子。」他岳父卻不讓他進去, 並對他說:「我以為你非常恨她,所以我把她改嫁給你的伴郎了。她妹子不是比她更美麗嗎?你可以娶來代替她。」

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Samson’s Vengeance on the Philistines

15 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest,(A) Samson(B) took a young goat(C) and went to visit his wife. He said, “I’m going to my wife’s room.”(D) But her father would not let him go in.

“I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion.(E) Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”

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