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Judges 19:16

EphraimGibeah
The stranger and outcast

14 So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

15 They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.

That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.

17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”

18 The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,

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BSB
That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
KJV
And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
WEB
Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
ASV
And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
DARBY
And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.
BLB
And behold, an old man came in from his work in the field at the evening. And the man [was] from the mountains of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah, and the men of the place [were] Benjamites.
ÅB
Da kom det ut på kvelden en gammel mann hjem fra sitt arbeid på marken. Mannen var fra Efra'im-fjellet og oppholdt seg som fremmed i Gibea; men folket der på stedet var benjaminitter.
OTB
Den kvelden kom en gammel mann inn fra sitt arbeid på markene. Han var fra fjellandet i Efraim og bodde i Gibea, selv om folket der var benjaminitter.
B1930
Da kom det ut på aftenen en gammel mann hjem fra sitt arbeid på marken. Mannen var fra Efra'im-fjellet og opholdt sig som fremmed i Gibea; men folket der på stedet var benjaminitter.

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