7 And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
7 And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, till he spent the night there again.
7 The man got up to go, but his father-in-law kept after him, so he ended up spending another night.
7 And when the man stood to depart, his father-in-law urged him; so he lodged there again.
7 The man got up to leave, but his father-in-law kept urging him to stay, so he finally gave in and stayed the night.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 19:7
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The wickedness of the men of Gibeah.
The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permits sinners to execute just vengeance on one another, and if the scene here described is horrible, what will the discoveries of the day of judgment be! Let each of us consider how to escape from the wrath to come, how to mortify the sins of our own hearts, to resist Satan's temptations, and to avoid the pollutions there are in the world.