However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
KJV
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
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Howbeit, he would not hearken unto her voice,.... His lust was so inflamed and enraged, that he could not attend to any arguments, though ever so forcible, that were offered to him:
but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her; whether she cried out or not, as the law directs in such cases,
Deu 22:25
; is not said; she might, and nobody hear her and come to her assistance; or she might not choose to expose her brother to his servants.
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