His father and mother objected.“ Isn’t there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked.“ Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?” But Samson told his father,“ Get her for me! She looks good to me.”
Then Balaam confessed to the angel of the Lord,“ I have sinned. I didn’t realize you were standing in the road to block my way. I will return home if you are against my going.”