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Jephthah

1 Now aJephthah the Gileadite was ba mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.  
2 Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have ano inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”  
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of aTob; and bworthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.  
4 It came to pass after a time that the apeople of Ammon made war against Israel.  
5 And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6 Then they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.”
7 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, a“Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in1 distress?”  
8 aAnd the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have bturned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be cour head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”  
9 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?”
Verse Comparison: Judges 11:1

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American Standard Version
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

Amplified® Bible
NOW JEPHTHAH the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was Jephthah's father.

Contemporary English Version
The leaders of the Gilead clan decided to ask a brave warrior named Jephthah son of Gilead to lead the attack against the Ammonites. Even though Jephthah belonged to the Gilead clan, he had earlier been forced to leave the region where they had lived. Jephthah was the son of a prostitute, but his half-brothers were the sons of his father's wife. One day his half-brothers told him, "You don't really belong to our family, so you can't have any of the family property." Then they forced Jephthah to leave home. Jephthah went to the country of Tob, where he was joined by a number of men who would do anything for money. So the leaders of Gilead went to Jephthah and said,

Darby English Version
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

Good News Bible
Jephthah, a brave soldier from Gilead, was the son of a prostitute. His father Gilead

King James Version
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

New American Standard Bible
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

New International Version
Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.

New King James Version
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Jephthah the Gileadite proved himself a valiant warrior, but he had a harlot for a mother. And Gilead became the father of Jephthah.

Revised Standard Version
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he `is' son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah,


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