3 Then her husband got up and went after her to speak consolingly to her* so as to bring her back; and there were with him his attendant*+ and a couple of he-asses. So she had him come into her father’s house. When the father of the young woman got to see him, he at once rejoiced to meet him.

9 The man+ now rose to go, he and his concubine+ and his attendant;+ but his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, said to him: “Look, now! The day has declined toward becoming evening. Please, STAY overnight.+ Here the day is settling down. Stay here overnight, and let your heart feel good.+ And tomorrow YOU people must get up early for YOUR journey, and you must go to your tent.”