The Birth of Samson
1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
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A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth.
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The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
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Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.
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You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”
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Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.
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But he said to me, ‘You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.’ ”