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11 As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me,[a] my sister!”

12 But she said to him, “No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing! 13 How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools[b] in Israel! Just[c] speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:11 tn Heb “lie with me” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “come and have sexual relations with me.”
  2. 2 Samuel 13:13 tn Heb “and you will be like one of the fools.”
  3. 2 Samuel 13:13 tn Heb “Now.”