Judges 19:5
in Judges 19On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way.
KJV
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
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This verse in Judges 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread
on Judges 19:5-7
Five verses go on eating and drinking and on a father pressing his guest to stay, which slows the telling to the hour. The words recur, “Refresh your heart” at verses 5 and 8, and “let your heart be merry” at verse 6, echoed at verse 9. Hospitality is what the whole delay is made of, and hospitality is what Gibeah withholds at verse 15.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
On the next day the Levite arose at daybreak but was detained by his father-in-law, that he might not so quickly lose the pleasure of his company. Again on the next and the third day the maiden's father did not allow his son-in-law to start [his journey], until their joy and mutual regard was complete. But on the seventh day, when it was already drawing to a close, after a pleasant meal, having urged the approach of the coming night, so as to make him think he ought to sleep among friends rather than strangers, he was unable to keep him, and so let him go together with his daughter.
Although the man wanted to depart, he kept him a fourth day, offering him excuses of civility, devising delays. In his desire to add a fifth day as well, he found new reasons for delaying them, while the husband, unwilling to thwart the father's affection of its desire to keep his daughter, though he was at last promised an opportunity for setting forth, postponed it to midday so that they would start out well fortified with food. Even after dinner, the father wished to find some delay, saying that evening was now approaching.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And it came to pass on the fourth day,....
Our Saviour, after his resurrection, was prevailed upon to stay with his friends longer than he at first intimated to be his purpose, Luke xxiv. 28, 29 . [2.] He forces him to stay till the afternoon of the fifth day, and this, as it proved, was unkind,
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָרְבִיעִ֔י | harevii | <the> fourth | H7243 → | |
| וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ימוּ | vaiyashkimu | and they rose early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| בַבֹּ֖קֶר | vaboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וַיָּ֣קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| לָלֶ֑כֶת | lalekhet | to go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲבִ֨י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ה | hanaarah | the young woman | H5291 → | 63 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֲתָנ֗וֹ | chatano | son-in-law his | H2860 → | |
| סְעָ֧ד | sead | sustain | H5582 → | |
| לִבְּךָ֛ | libekha | heart your | H3820 → | 595 times |
| פַּת־ | pat- | a morsel of | H6595 → | |
| לֶ֖חֶם | lechem | bread | H3899 → | 298 times |
| וְאַחַ֥ר | veachar | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| תֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ | telekhu | you will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הָרְבִיעִ֔י<the> fourth
hareviiH7243 →
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ימוּand they rose early
vaiyashkimuH7925 →65 times
בַבֹּ֖קֶרin the morning
vabokerH1242 →214 times
וַיָּ֣קָםand he arose
vaiyakomH6965 →628 times
לָלֶ֑כֶתto go
lalekhetH1980 →1546 times
וַיֹּאמֶר֩and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲבִ֨י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜הthe young woman
hanaarahH5291 →63 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חֲתָנ֗וֹson-in-law his
chatanoH2860 →
סְעָ֧דsustain
seadH5582 →
לִבְּךָ֛heart your
libekhaH3820 →595 times
פַּת־a morsel of
pat-H6595 →
לֶ֖חֶםbread
lechemH3899 →298 times
וְאַחַ֥רand after
veacharH310 →715 times
תֵּלֵֽכוּ׃you will go
telekhuH1980 →1546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
it leads to
- John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- John 17:4
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- John 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
- John 6:38
Through
Genesis 18:5And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied,…
it leads to
- Judges 13:15
“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 104:15
wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
- Judges 13:15
Through
1 Kings 13:7Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
it leads to
- 2 Kings 5:15
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in…
- 2 Kings 5:15
About Judges
This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy 3.19.111-12; Ambrose of Milan, LETTER 33; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.