Judges 15:6Then the Philistines said, "Who has done this?" They said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion." The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
The setting
Timnah, Israel/Palestine, ~1100 BC. Philistine leaders questioning witnesses, smoke still rising from burned fields, planning retaliation...
The emotion here: documenting the inevitable escalation with tragic foresight
The original word
hathan (חָתָן) — son-in-law, but implies broken covenant relationship
Why it matters
The Philistines burned Samson's wife and father-in-law alive as collective punishment
Read with care
What most readers miss in Judges 15:6
The Philistines are trying to break the revenge cycle by eliminating the original cause
Common misconceptionThis looks like the Philistines being cruel, but they're actually trying to end the violence by removing what they see as the source - tragically missing that this will only make Samson more vengeful.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Judges 15:6 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Judges 15:6 comes from the book of Judges, written during the judges period. These words are attributed to Philistines. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include investigation, cause and effect. Notable phrases: Who has done this; son-in-law of the Timnite.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
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