## He said to himself ##

This means "He thought." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## I will go to my wife's room ##

AT: "I will go to my wife's room so we can have sexual relations" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## would not allow him to go in ##

AT: "would not permit him to go in to her room" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

## so I gave her to your friend ##

AT: "so I gave her to be married to your friend" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## is she not? ##

Her father asked this because he wanted Samson to agree with him that the younger sister was more beautiful. AT: "You cannot deny it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Take her instead ##

AT: "Choose her to be your wife instead."