6. So the two men sat down together and had something to eat and drink. Then the woman’s father said, “Please stay another night and enjoy yourself.”
7. The man got up to leave, but his father-in-law kept urging him to stay, so he finally gave in and stayed the night.
8. On the morning of the fifth day he was up early again, ready to leave, and again the woman’s father said, “Have something to eat; then you can leave later this afternoon.” So they had another day of feasting.
9. Later, as the man and his concubine and servant were preparing to leave, his father-in-law said, “Look, it’s almost evening. Stay the night and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow you can get up early and be on your way.”
10. But this time the man was determined to leave. So he took his two saddled donkeys and his concubine and headed in the direction of Jebus (that is, Jerusalem).
11. It was late in the day when they neared Jebus, and the man’s servant said to him, “Let’s stop at this Jebusite town and spend the night there.”
12. “No,” his master said, “we can’t stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.
13. Come on, let’s try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we’ll spend the night in one of those towns.”
14. So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,
15. so they stopped there to spend the night. They rested in the town square, but no one took them in for the night.