8 And Tamar went into the house of her brother Amnon. But he was lying down. And taking flour, she mixed it. And dissolving it in his sight, she cooked little portions of food.
9 And taking what she had cooked, she poured it out, and she set it before him. But he refused to eat. And Amnon said, 'Send everyone away from me.' And when they had sent everyone away,
10 Amnon said to Tamar, 'Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat from your hand.' Therefore, Tamar took the little portions of food that she had made, and she brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.
11 And when she had presented the food to him, he took hold of her, and he said, 'Come lie with me, my sister.'
12 She answered him: 'Do not do so, my brother! Do not force me. For no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not choose to do this senseless act.
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