Judges 14:2
Good News Translation
He went back home and told his father and mother, "There is a Philistine woman down at Timnah who caught my attention. Get her for me; I want to marry her."

New Revised Standard Version
Then he came up, and told his father and mother, “I saw a Philistine woman at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”

Contemporary English Version
When he got back home, he told his parents, "I saw a Philistine woman in Timnah, and I want to marry her. Get her for me!"

New American Bible
On his return he told his father and mother, “I saw in Timnah a woman, a Philistine. Get her for me as a wife.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife.

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Genesis 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 24:2,3 And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh, . . .

Genesis 34:4 And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

Genesis 38:6 And Juda took a wife for Her, his first born, whose name was Thamar.

2 Kings 14:9 And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle.

Context
Samson's Marriage
1Then Samson went down to Thamnatha, and seeing there a woman of the daughters of the Philistines, 2He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife.3And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.…
Cross References
Genesis 34:4
And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

Judges 14:1
Then Samson went down to Thamnatha, and seeing there a woman of the daughters of the Philistines,

Judges 14:3
And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.

Judges 14:1
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