¹⁶But behold, an old man was coming from his work, from the field, at evening. Now the man was from ^athe hill country of Ephraim, and he was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place ^bwere Benjamites.

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a Judg 19:1
b Judg 19:14

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And behold, an old man was coming from his work in the field at evening. The man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was sojourning in Gibeah. The men of the place were Benjaminites.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was residing in Gibeah where the people were Benjaminites.

NLTNew Living Translation

That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah, where the people were from the tribe of Benjamin.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then behold, an old man was coming from his work from the field in the evening, and the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was dwelling as a foreigner in Gibeah. (The people of the place were descendants of Benjamin.)

KJV 1900King James Version

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

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