19So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.
20And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.
21But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.
22And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.
23But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
24So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.
25And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
