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And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.
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And the angel of Jehovah 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 Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.
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And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that, when thy words come to pass, we may do thee honor?
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And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?
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So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto Jehovah: and [the angel] did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
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But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah.
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And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.
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And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
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And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.