When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
"The reason for her return given in many ancient versions, ’because she was angry with him’ (followed by RSV), is more plausible than that supplied in the AV and RV that she played the whore against him. The penalty against the adulteress was death (Leviticus 20:10), but a heated argument would allow the Levite to seek a reconciliation when the passions of temper had subsided." [Note: Cundall and Morris, p. 193.] 