¹⁶ Then Samson’s wife threw herself on him, sobbing, “You hate me! You don’t really love me.^(A) You’ve given my people a riddle, but you haven’t told me the answer.”

“I haven’t even explained it to my father or mother,” he replied, “so why should I explain it to you?”

¹⁵ Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’^(A) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time^(B) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.^(C)”

²⁴ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united^(A) to his wife, and they become one flesh.^(B)