2 Samuel 13:12
10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.
11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
13 Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
14 But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
- KJV
- And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
- WEB
- She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly!
- ASV
- And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
- DARBY
- And she said to him, No, my brother, do not humble me; for no such thing is done in Israel: do not this infamy.
- BLB
- And she answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for such should not be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing.
- ÅB
- Men hun sa til ham: Nei, min bror, krenk meg ikke! Slikt må ikke gjøres i Israel; Gjør ikke noe så skammelig!
- OTB
- Men hun svarte ham: "Nei, min bror! Ikke krenk meg, for en slik ting gjøres ikke i Israel; gjør ikke denne skammelige synden!
- B1930
- Men hun sa til ham: Nei, min bror, krenk mig ikke! Slikt må ikke gjøres i Israel; Gjør ikke noget så skammelig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 20:17
If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
Read in contextJudges 20:6
Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
Read in contextJudges 19:23
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
Read in contextGenesis 34:7
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:11
You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:9
You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22–23
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Read in contextProverbs 7:7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
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