Judges Chapter 13
13:1 | And the children of ![]() ![]() |
13:2 | And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not. |
13:3 | And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou ![]() |
13:4 | Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and ![]() ![]() ![]() |
13:5 | For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver ![]() |
13:6 | Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name: |
13:7 | But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
13:8 | Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall ![]() |
13:9 | And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband [was] not with her. |
13:10 | And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the [other] ![]() |
13:11 | And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, ![]() |
13:12 | And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and [how] shall we ![]() |
13:13 | And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. |
13:14 | She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine, neither let her ![]() ![]() ![]() |
13:15 | And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. |
13:16 | And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy ![]() |
13:17 | And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What [is] thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may ![]() |
13:18 | And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret? |
13:19 | So Manoah took a kid with a ![]() |
13:20 | For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on [it], and fell on their faces to the ground. |
13:21 | But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he [was] an angel of the LORD. |
13:22 | And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. |
13:23 | But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a ![]() ![]() |
13:24 | And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. |
13:25 | And the ![]() ![]() |