Context 3Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son. 4Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. 5For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines. 6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name. 7But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 8Then Manoah entreated the LORD and said, O Lord, please let the man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born. 9God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, Behold, the man who came the other day has appeared to me. 11Then Manoah arose and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, Are you the man who spoke to the woman? And he said, I am. 12Manoah said, Now when your words come to pass, what shall be the boys mode of life and his vocation? 13So the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Let the woman pay attention to all that I said. 14She should not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded. 15Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you. 16The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD. For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD. 17Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you? 18But the angel of the LORD said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful? 19So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the LORD, and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on. 20For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground. 21Now the angel of the LORD did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD. 22So Manoah said to his wife, We will surely die, for we have seen God. 23But his wife said to him, If the LORD had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time. 24Then the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the child grew up and the LORD blessed him. 25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Douay-Rheims Bible And an angel of the Lord appeared to her, and said: Thou art barren and without children: but thou shalt conceive and bear a son. Darby Bible Translation And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son. English Revised Version And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Webster's Bible Translation And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. World English Bible The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son. Young's Literal Translation and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, 'Lo, I pray thee, thou art barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son. Library The Wonderful. Isaiah ix:6. HIS name shall be called "Wonderful" (Isaiah ix:6). And long before Isaiah had uttered this divine prediction the angel of the Lord had announced his name to be Wonderful. As such He appeared to Manoah. And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor. And the angel of Jehovah said unto Him "why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is Wonderful" (margin, Judges xiii:17-18). This angel of Jehovah, the Person who … Arno Gaebelein—The Lord of Glory Of the Name of God Gen. xxxi. 11 Characters and Names of Messiah Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel The Incarnation. A Cloud of Witnesses. The Doctrine of God A Treatise of the Fear of God; Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and his Adherents, in this Respect, in Tyrannically Oppressing and Destroying Souls. Annunciation to Zacharias of the Birth of John the Baptist. 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