² “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion.^(A) Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”

²⁰ And Samson’s wife was given to one of his companions^(A) who had attended him at the feast.

⁹ “I too was convinced^(A) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose^(B) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.^(C)

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?”

¹⁴ she took off her widow’s clothes,^(A) covered herself with a veil^(B) to disguise herself, and then sat down^(C) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.^(D) For she saw that, though Shelah^(E) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.