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[1]And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; and 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
[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 bore not.
[3]And the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 appeared unto the woman, and said unto her: 'Behold now, thou art barren, and hast not borne; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
[4]Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
[5]For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'
[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 the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name;
[7]But he said unto me: Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.'
[8]Then Manoah entreated 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and said: 'Oh, 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, I pray Thee, let the man of God whom Thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.'
[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.
[10]And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him: 'Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me that day.'
[11]And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him: 'Art thou the man that spokest unto the woman?' And he said: 'I am.'
[12]An Manoah said: 'Now when thy word cometh to pass, what shall be the rule for the child, and what shall be done with him?'
[13]And the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 said unto Manoah: 'Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
[14]She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the grapevine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.'
[15]And Manoah said unto the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: 'I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.'
[16]And the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 said unto Manoah: 'Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.' For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
[17]And Manoah said unto the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: 'What is thy name, that when thy words come to pass we may do thee honour?'
[18]And the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 said unto him: 'Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?'
[19]So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
[20]For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
[21]But the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
[22]And Manoah said unto his wife: 'We shall surely die, because we have seen God.'
[23]But his wife said unto him: 'If 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would He have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.'
[24]And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 blessed him.
[25]And the spirit of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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