Judges 11:2
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
4 Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
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- BSB
- And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
- KJV
- And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
- WEB
- Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will not inherit in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”
- ASV
- And Gilead`s wife bare him sons; and when his wife`s sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father`s house; for thou art the son of another woman.
- DARBY
- And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons were grown, they expelled Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.
- BLB
- And the wife of Gilead bore to him sons, and the sons of his wife grew up, and they drove out Jephthah and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in the house of our father; for you [are] the son of another woman.”
- ÅB
- Med sin hustru hadde Gilead også sønner; og da hustruens sønner ble store, jaget de Jefta bort og sa til ham: Du skal ingen arvelodd ha i vår fars hus, for du er sønn av en fremmed kvinne.
- OTB
- Gileads kone fødte ham sønner, og da de var voksne, drev de Jefta bort og sa: «Du skal ikke ha del i vår familiearv, for du er sønn av en annen kvinne.»
- B1930
- Med sin hustru hadde Gilead også sønner; og da hustruens sønner blev store, jaget de Jefta bort og sa til ham: Du skal ingen arvelodd ha i vår fars hus, for du er sønn av en fremmed kvinne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Read in contextGenesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 23:2
No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
Read in contextProverbs 5:20
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Read in contextGalatians 4:30
But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
Read in contextProverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Read in contextProverbs 6:24–26
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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