Judges 19:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ The Levite got up to go, but the father urged him to stay, so he spent another night there. ⁸ Early in the morning of the fifth day he started to leave, but the woman's father said, “Eat something, please. Wait until later in the day.” So the two men ate together.

⁹ When the man, his concubine, and the servant once more started to leave, the father said, “Look, it's almost evening now; you might as well stay all night. It will be dark soon; stay here and have a good time. Tomorrow you can get up early for the trip and go home.”