11:1a Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor;

Jephthah was a brave soldier from the region of Gilead.
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There was a man from the Gilead region named Jephthah. He was a great fighter.

11:1c he was the son of a prostitute,

His mother was a prostitute
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His mother ⌊was not Gilead’s wife, she⌋ was a prostitute.

11:1b and Gilead was his father.

and gis father’s name was Gilead.
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Jephthah’s father was called Gilead.

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