15
And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.
16
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wouldest offer a whole-burnt-offering, to the Lord thou shalt offer it: for Manoe knew not that he an angel of the Lord.
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And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What thy name, that thy word shall come to pass, we may glorify thee?
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And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
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And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on.
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And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.
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And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this an angel of the Lord.
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And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to slay us, he would not have received of our hand a whole-burnt-offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shewn us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things
24
And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
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And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.