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Judges 19:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And her husband followed her, willing to be reconciled with her, and to speak kindly to her, and to bring her back with him, having with him a servant and two asses: and she received him, and brought him into her father's house. And when his father in law had heard this, and had seen him, he met him with joy,

Douay-Rheims

וַיָּ֨קָם אִישָׁ֜הּ וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ לְדַבֵּ֤ר עַל־לִבָּהּ֙ להשיבו לַהֲשִׁיבָ֔הּ וְנַעֲר֥וֹ עִמּ֖וֹ וְצֶ֣מֶד חֲמֹרִ֑ים וַתְּבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יהָ וַיִּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה וַיִּשְׂמַ֖ח לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Ambrose of Milan

4th centuryChurch Father

Her spouse arose and journeyed to his father-in-law’s dwelling in an effort to reconcile with his wife and urge her to come back home. Upon meeting him, she led her husband into her father's house. Driven by his deep affection and having lost hope for anything else, as four months had passed, he hurried to that place, believing that his parents' counsel might appeal to her stubbornness.

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