13:2 |
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife. |
13:3 |
And an Angel of the Lord appeared to her, and he said: “You are barren and without children. But you shall conceive and bear a son. |
13:4 |
Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean. |
13:5 |
For you shall conceive and bear a son, whose head no razor shall touch. For he shall be a Nazirite of God, from his infancy and from his mother’s womb. And he shall begin to free Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” |
13:6 |
And when she had gone to her husband, she said to him: “A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an Angel, exceedingly terrible. And when I had inquired of him, who he was, and where he was from, and what name he was called, he was not willing to tell me. |
13:7 |
But he responded: ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. And you shall not consume anything unclean. For the boy shall be a Nazirite of God from his infancy, from his mother’s womb, even until the day of his death.’ ” |
13:24 |
And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him. |
13:25 |
And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. |
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