Judges 14:2

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he went up, and he told his father and his mother, saying: "I saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. I ask that you take her to me as wife."

Cross References

Genesis 21:21

And he lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 34:4

And going on to Hamor, his father, he said, "Obtain this girl for me as a mate."

Genesis 38:6

Then Judah gave a wife to his first born Er, whose name was Tamar.

2 Kings 14:9

And Jehoash, the king of Israel, sent a reply to Amaziah, the king of Judah, saying: "A thistle of Lebanon sent to a cedar, which is in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter as wife to my son.' And the beasts of the forest, which are in Lebanon, passed by and trampled the thistle.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives, and conceive sons and daughters. And give wives to your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters. And be multiplied there, and do not choose to be few in number.

Judges 14:1

Then Samson descended to Timnah. And seeing there a woman from the daughters of the Philistines,

Judges 14:3

And his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, so that you would be willing to take a wife from the Philistines, who are uncircumcised?" And Samson said to his father: "Take this woman to me. For she has pleased my eyes."