4. The father-in-law, the young woman’s father, asked him to stay. So he stayed for three days and ate, drank, and slept there.
5. On the fourth day they got up early in the morning. The Levite was getting ready to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself by eating something. Then go.”
6. So the two men sat down to eat and drink together. After that, the father said to him, “Please stay tonight. Relax and enjoy yourself.”
7. When the man got up to go, his father-in-law asked him to stay. So he stayed again that night.
8. On the fifth day the man got up early in the morning to leave. The woman’s father said, “Refresh yourself. Wait until this afternoon.” So the two men ate together.
9. When the Levite, his slave woman, and his servant got up to leave, the father-in-law, the young woman’s father, said, “It’s almost night. The day is almost gone. Spend the night here and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow morning you can get up early and go home.”
10. But the Levite did not want to stay another night. So he took his two saddled donkeys and his slave woman and traveled toward the city of Jebus (also called Jerusalem).
11. As the day was almost over, they came near Jebus. So the servant said to his master, “Let’s stop at this city of the Jebusites, and spend the night here.”
12. But his master said, “No. We won’t go inside a foreign city. Those people are not Israelites. We will go on to the city of Gibeah.”
13. He said, “Come on. Let’s try to make it to Gibeah or Ramah so we can spend the night in one of those cities.”
14. So they went on. The sun went down as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.