BIRTH OF SAMSON

13 The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,e so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines forty years. 2 There was a certain man from Zorah,f from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children. 3 The angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Although you are unable to conceive and have no children, you will conceive and give birth to a son. 4 Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer,g or to eat anything unclean;h 5 for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair,B because the boy will be a Naziritei to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”