Judges 19:27Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
The setting
Gibeah of Benjamin, Israel, ~1100 BC. Morning. A Levite opens the door expecting to travel, finds his concubine collapsed with hands on the threshold - the same hands that once served him...
The emotion here: recording with trembling hands
The original word
sap (סַף) — threshold, doorway, the boundary between safety and danger
Why it matters
Her hands on the threshold meant she died reaching for the place she thought was safe
Read with care
What most readers miss in Judges 19:27
He went to 'go his way' - completely focused on his own agenda despite what he'd done
Common misconceptionPeople assume he was shocked to find her. The text suggests he expected to simply continue his journey, showing his complete callousness to her suffering.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Judges 19:27 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Judges 19:27 comes from the book of Judges, written during the judges period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include death, tragedy, violence. Notable phrases: Her lord rose up; no one answered.
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…”
— Acts 26:14
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