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2 Samuel 13:9-14 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

9. Then she took the bread out of the pan and served it to him. But he refused to eat it. "Send everyone out of here," Amnon said. So everyone left him.

10. Then he said to Tamar, "Bring the food here into my bedroom. Please feed it to me." So Tamar picked up the bread she had prepared. She brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom.

11. She took it to him so he could eat it. But he grabbed hold of her. He said, "My sister, come and have sex with me."

12. "Don't do this, my brother!" she said to him. "Don't force me to have sex with you. An evil thing like that should never be done in Israel! Don't do it!

13. What about me? How could I ever get rid of my shame? And what about you? You would be as foolish as any evil person in Israel. Please speak to the king. He won't keep me from getting married to you."

14. But Amnon refused to listen to her. He was stronger than she was. So he raped her.

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