2. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name Manoah; and his wife barren, and bare not.

3. And the angel of יְהוָ֥ה appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

4. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean:

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 Elohim from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

6. Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of Elohim came unto me, and his countenance like the countenance of an angel of Elohim, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he, 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, neither eat any unclean: for the child shall be a Nazarite to Elohim from the womb to the day of his death.

8. Then Manoah intreated יְהוָ֥ה, and said, O my Lord, let the man of Elohim which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

9. And Elohim hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of Elohim came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband not with her.

10. And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the day.

11. And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I.

12. And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and shall we do unto him?

13. And the angel of יְהוָ֥ה said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

14. She may not eat of any that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean: all that I commanded her let her observe.

15. And Manoah said unto the angel of יְהוָ֥ה, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

16. And the angel of יְהוָ֥ה said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto יְהוָ֥ה. For Manoah knew not that he an angel of יְהוָ֥ה.

17. And Manoah said unto the angel of יְהוָ֥ה, What thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?

18. And the angel of יְהוָ֥ה said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it secret?

19. So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered upon a rock unto יְהוָ֥ה: and 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 יְהוָ֥ה ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground.

21. But the angel of יְהוָ֥ה did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he an angel of יְהוָ֥ה.

22. And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen Elohim.

23. But his wife said unto him, If יְהוָ֥ה were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these, nor would as at this time have told us as these.

24. And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and יְהוָ֥ה blessed him.

25. And the Spirit of יְהוָ֥ה began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.