1. Judges 15:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Samson take a young goat with him?

Judges 15:1 (ESV)

1 After some days, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a young goat. And he said, “I will go in to my wife in the chamber.” But her father would not allow him to go in.

Samson wants to soften the heart of his wife after he abandoned her in a huff. So he takes a young goat, which one might call the cultural equivalent to a bouquet of roses or a box of chocolates.