¹ Now a short time after, at the time of the grain-cutting, Samson, taking with him a young goat, went to see his wife; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the bride's room. But her father would not let him go in.

¹⁷ And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

⁴ There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

²¹ Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

²⁹ But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends: