Judges - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 269
The History of the People of Israel
Tell me, now, in what your strength consists? And in what way they could bind and destroy you? ’ If they
bind me with seven wet ropes that have never been dried, I shall become feeble like an ordinary man} So the lords of the Philistines
brought to her seven wet ropes that had never been dried,»and she bound him with them, while an ambush hid in her chamber. Then she exclaimed ’I`he Philistiuesare upon but he snapped the ropes as he would snap a thread of tow burnt in the fire; Consequently his power was not discovered. Therefore Delilah said to Samson,
‘ I see you are laughing at me, and telling me lies! Tell me new how could I bind you ? ' (1%.0. 1:27.) Summa, lyuiuzirzr, II I2 hzluhzz. If I am
bound with fresh willows that have not been used in any work, I shall become feebleand be like a common Delilah accordingly took fresh wil-
lows, and- bound him with them, and 'I`he Philis- (and an ambush was laid in the chamber), but he snapped them od his arms like a thread. .0. 1121.) Qzlilab runtimxzs tu 15 irg mib Enh the 52:rzt uf his Strength, in betray him, ann sucrzzbz, Delilah afterwards said to Samson,
‘ So far you have laughed at me, and toldme lies! Tell me, how can I And he answered her, ‘I£ the seven- plaits of -my hair are woven in a loom l So she fastened them to the loom,
The‘Philis- when he _awoke from his sleep, and pulled up the pins of the loom with the web. What! Do you say you love me, when your heart is not mine? These three times you have laughed at me, and not told me in what your great strength consists! ’ So when shehad worn him out by talking every day, and worried and exhausted his life to death, he told her the whole of his heart, and said ‘ A razor has never gone upon my head, for I was devoted to Gon from birth. If I were shaved, then my strength would leave me and I should become feeble like another Then Delilah saw that he had told
her all his heart, and she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, Come up now, for he has , Thelords of the Philistines consequently went up to her, and they brought the money with i them. And she laid him asleep on her lap, and called to a man who cut off the seven plaits of his head, and broke and degraded §im,——and his strength went- from un. The Philis-
tines are upon you, Samson l l' and he awoke from his sleep, and said, ‘I will go out, for once, for a time, but he did not know that the Evan-Lxvmc had left him! The Philistines then seized him, and put out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza, and bound him in chains, and helground at the mill in the prison with slaves. But he awaited the growing up of
the hair of his head that had been shaved. :6 18 20 ZL 22
(nc. uzo.) myc ¥l5iiistinzs make a Ebanksgiiring isset tu Qngnu for Sa:n¤¤it’s lacing cepturzh.
Meantime the lords of the Philis-
tines prepared to sacrifice a great sacrilice to Dagon, their god, and to Our god has given Samson our enemy into our » T hey, therefore showed him to the people and praised their Our god has given our enemy into our power, who wasted our country, and who caused us much trouble.” And when their hearts were delighted Bring Samson and let him make sport for us'! ’ 5mnsmt’s ¥r¢tgcr smh Grunt:) Quill;. So they brought Samson from the
Slaves’ Prison, and he made sport before them, and they placed him 2 ht`}
