“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
Parallel translations
- WEB She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly.
- KJV And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
- NKJV But she answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing should be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
- NASB But she said to him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful sin!
- NLT “No, my brother!” she cried. “Don’t be foolish! Don’t do this to me! Such wicked things aren’t done in Israel.
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Quick answer
Tamar pleads with Amnon not to force her, declaring such a thing is not done in Israel and is folly. She appeals to God's law and Israel's moral standards.
Overview
Tamar's courageous resistance invokes the covenant standards that set Israel apart from the nations. Her words name the act as 'folly,' a term Scripture uses for outrageous, God-defying wickedness. Her clear moral voice stands as a witness against Amnon's sin and the breakdown of righteousness in David's house.
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- Lev 20:17If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
- Judg 20:6Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
- Judg 19:23The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
- Gen 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
- Lev 18:11You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
- Lev 18:9You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
- Prov 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
- Prov 5:22–23The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Gen 34:2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Deut 22:29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
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