2. In an act of unfaithfulness toward him, his secondary wife left him and went back to her father’s household at Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there four full months.
3. Then her husband set out after her to convince her to come back. He had his servant and a couple of donkeys with him. She took him into her father’s house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he was happy to welcome him.
4. Since his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, insisted, he stayed with him three days, eating, drinking, and spending the night there.
5. On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning, and he got ready to set out. But the young woman’s father said to his son-in-law, "Eat a little food to give you strength, and then you can go."
6. So the two of them sat down and ate and drank together. The young woman’s father said to the man, "Why not spend the night and enjoy yourself?"
7. When the man got ready to set out, his father-in-law persuaded him, and he spent the night there again.