13. And he said to his servant, “Come, let us approach one of these places; we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.”
14. So they crossed over and went their way, and the sun went down on them beside Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
15. And they turned aside there to enter and to spend the night at Gibeah. And they went and sat in the open square of the city, but no one took them in to spend the night.
16. 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.)
17. And the old man raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city, and he said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”
18. And he said to him, “We are crossing over from Bethlehem in Judah up to the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but now I am going to Yahweh’s house, but no one took me in to spend the night.
19. There is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, for your servant, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything.”