I gave her - In marriage. Samson had probably not heard of this before. Samson’s father had paid the dowry for the older sister; her father…

Verily thought ... utterly hated. —In the emphatic simplicity of the Hebrew style it is, Saying I said that hating, you hate h…

And her father said, I verily thought that you had utterly
hated her
Not only thought…

When there are differences between relatives, let those be considered the wisest and best who are most ready to forgive or forget, and most willing…