And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was light (וַתָּבוֹא הַנַּעֲרָה בִנְאוֹת־הַבֹּקֶר וַתִּפֹּל פֶּתַח בֵּית־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אֲדֹנֶיהָ שָׁם עַד־הָאוֹר) — the concubine crawls back to the old man's house and collapses at the door. The imagery is devastating: a violated woman, exhausted and broken, returning to seek refuge or death near her master. Her collapse at the doorway suggests she cannot move further; she is physically devastated. The narrative does not indicate whether she was conscious, whether she spoke, or whether she understood what had occurred. She is presented as a broken object rather than as a conscious subject.

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