And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
And they say, `A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy