“And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.”
But his concubine became angry with him and went away from him to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there for some time (וַתִּזְנֶה עָלָיו פִּילַגְשׁוֹ וַתֵּלֶךְ מִמֶּנּוּ אֶל־בֵּית אָבִיהָ בְּבֵית־לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וַתִּהְיִי־שָׁם יָמִים אַרְבָּעָה). The concubine's action is described as infidelity (וַתִּזְנֶה עָלָיו), though the text indicates she simply left and returned to her father's house. Her departure suggests either that the relationship had become intolerable or that she exercised what limited autonomy was available to her. The four months she spends in her father's house provide distance from the Levite, yet also indicate uncertainty about reconciliation or permanence.
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