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Judges > Judges 15  But it came to pass within a while after, in
the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a
kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But
her father would not suffer him to go in. Wheat harvest — Which
was the proper season for what follows. With a kid — As a token
of reconciliation. Into the chamber — Into her chamber, which
the women had separate from the mens.  And her father said, I
verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I
gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than
she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. Hated her — Because
thou didst desert her: but this was no sufficient cause; for he
should have endeavored a reconciliation, and not have disposed
of another man's wife without his consent.  And Samson said
concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the
Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. Now shall I, … —
Because they have fir