14And Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. ²He went up and told his father and mother, and he said, “I saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines; so then, take her for me as a wife.” ³But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a wife among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our^a people, that you must take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Take her for me because she pleases me.”^b ⁴His father and mother did not know that this was from Yahweh; he was seeking for an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling^c in Israel.

⁵And Samson and his father and mother went down to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah, and suddenly a young lion came roaring to meet him. ⁶And the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one might tear apart a male kid goat (he was bare-handed).^d But he did not tell his father and mother what he had done. ⁷Then he went down and talked to the woman, and she pleased Samson.^e

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Footnotes

aHebrew “my”
bLiterally “she is right in my eyes”
cOr “having control”
dLiterally “there was nothing in his hand”
eLiterally “she did what was right in the eyes of Samson”