CLV(i)
1 And Jephthah the Gileadite has been a mighty man of valor, and he [is] son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begets Jephthah,
2 and the wife of Gilead bears to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, `You do not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman [are] you..
3 And Jephthah flees from the face of his brethren, and dwells in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.
4 And it comes to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,
5 and it comes to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;"
6 and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and you have been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon..
7 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, `Have not you hated me? and you cast me out from the house of my father, and wherefore have you come unto me now when you are in distress?.
8 and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Therefore, now, we have turned back unto you; and you have gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and you have been to us for head--to all the inhabitants of Gilead..
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, `If you are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Yahweh has given them before me--I, am I to you for a head?.
10 And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Yahweh is hearkening between us--if according to your word we do not so..
11 And Jephthah goes with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaks all his words before Yahweh in Mizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sends messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, `What--to me and to you, that you have come in unto me, to fight in my land..