But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine, and put her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all through the night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go (וַיִּמְאֲנוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים לִשְׁמֹעַ לוֹ וַיִּתֶּן־הָאִישׁ אֶת־פִּילַגְשׁוֹ וַיּוֹצִיאוּ־אוֹתָהּ אִלֵּיהֶם וַיֵּדְעוּ אוֹתָהּ וַיִּתְעַלְּלוּ־בָהּ כׇּל־הַלַּיְלָה עַד־הַבֹּקֶר וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אוֹתָהּ בַּעֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר) — the mob rejects the old man's offer and instead seizes the concubine directly. The narrative reports that they ``knew her'' (וַיֵּדְעוּ אוֹתָהּ), a euphemism for gang rape. The phrase ``abused her all through the night'' (וַיִּתְעַלְּלוּ־בָהּ כׇּל־הַלַּיְלָה) indicates sustained, repeated sexual violence throughout the entire night. The concubine is released only at dawn. The narrative's spare language—not graphically depicting the violence—makes the horror more, not less, stark by forcing the reader to imagine the suffering of an entire night of gang rape.

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