None of this persuades Samson. His mind is made up. Stubbornly, he insists, “Get her for me; she’s the right one for me” (lit., “for she is right [yashar] in my eyes”; v. 3).50 The last statement is an anticipatory link with the double conclusion’s refrain (lit.), “and every man did what was right [yashar] in his own eyes” (17:6; 21:25). Samson is insensitive and disrespectful toward his parents and their grief over the matter. In short, he dishonors his father and mother. Moreover, he is “totally calloused toward the theological implications of his demand, let alone the implications” for his
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