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Judges 19:11

Jebus

9 When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

10 But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”

12 But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

13 He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

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BSB
When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
KJV
And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
WEB
When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Please come and let’s enter into this city of the Jebusites, and stay in it.”
ASV
When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
DARBY
They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
BLB
They [were] near Jebus, and the day had gone down greatly. And the servant said to his master, “Come, please, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusite, and lodge in it.”
ÅB
Da de var ved Jebus, var det alt sent på dagen og drengen sa til sin herre: Kom, la oss ta inn i jebusittenes by og bli der inatt!
OTB
Da de nærmet seg Jebus, var dagen nesten over. Tjeneren sa til sin herre: "La oss gå inn i denne byen til jebusittene og tilbringe natten."
B1930
Da de var ved Jebus, var det alt sent på dagen og drengen sa til sin herre: Kom, la oss ta inn i jebusittenes by og bli der inatt!

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 5:6

    Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

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  • Joshua 15:63

    But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

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  • Judges 19:10

    But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

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  • Judges 1:21

    The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

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  • Genesis 10:16

    the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

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