17. He looked up and saw the traveler in the city square. The old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
18. He said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the Lord. No one has taken me into his home.
19. Yet there is enough straw and fodder for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me, your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servant. We do not lack anything.”
20. The old man said, “Do not worry. I will take care of whatever you need. Just do not spend the night in the city square.”
21. So he brought him into his house and gave food to his donkeys. They washed their feet, ate, and drank.
22. While they were enjoying themselves, the men of the city, who were wicked men, surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They said to the old man, the master of the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him.”