1. Judges 14:2 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the first word out of Samson’s mouth?

Judges 14:2 (ESV)

2 Then he came up and told his father and mother, “I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. Now get her for me as my wife.”

Notably, the first word out of his mouth is not “I.” Literally, he says, “Woman I saw in Timnah…” This follows up on the narrator’s note in Judges 14:1 that at Timnah Samson “saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.” This introducing of the adult Samson is a sign of what is to come.