Bible Strands
Judges 19:7
The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Levite rises to leave his father-in-law’s house, but the father-in-law presses him to remain, extending the traveler’s fourth night of stay.
The words — וַ/יִּפְצַר (va/i.yif.tzar) means “he urged” or “he pressed,” describing the father-in-law’s forceful persuasion to delay departure.
The thread — This delayed departure continues the narrative pattern of prolonged hospitality in Judges 19, where repeated invitations extend a journey past its intended endpoint.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to observe how hospitality, when extended without clear boundaries, can trap a traveler in an escalating sequence of obligations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.