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15 And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: Chapter 14
I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let
us dress a kid for thee. Then Samson went down to Thamnatha, and
seeing there a woman of the daughters of the
16 And the angel answered him: If thou press
Philistines,
me I will not eat of thy bread: but if thou wilt of-
2 He came up, and told his father and his
fer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord. And Manue
mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of
knew not it was the angel of the Lord.
the daughters of the Philistines: I bescech you,
17 And he said to him: What is thy name, take her for me to wife.
that, if thy word shall come to pass, we may 3 And his father and mother said to him: Is
honour thee? there no woman among the daughters of thy
brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt
18 And he answered him: Why askest thou
take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircum-
my name, which is wonderful?
cised? And Samson said to his father: Take this
19 Then Manue took a kid of the flocks, and woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.
the libations, and put them upon a rock, offering 4 Now his parents knew not that the thing
to the Lord, who doth wonderful things: and he
was done by the Lord, and that he sought an
and his wife looked on. occasion against the Philistines: for at that time
20 And when the flame from the altar went up the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
towards heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended 5 Then Samson went down with his father and
also in the same. And when Manue and his wife mother to Thamnatha. And when they were
saw this, they fell flat on the ground; come to the vineyards of the town, behold a
young lion met him, raging and roaring.
21 And the angel of the Lord appeared to
6 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Sam-
them no more. And forthwith Manue under-
son, and he tore the lion as he would have torn a
stood that it was an angel of the Lord,
kid in pieces, having nothing at all in his hand:
22 And he said to his wife: We shall certainly and he would not tell this to his father and
die, because we have seen God. mother.
23 And his wife answered him: If the Lord 7 And he went down, and spoke to the woman
had a mind to kill us, he would not have received that had pleased his eyes.
a holocaust and libations at our hands; neither 8 And after some days, returning to take her,
would he have shewed us all these things, nor he went aside to see the carcass of the lion, and
have told us the things that are to come. behold there was a swarm of bees in the mouth
of the lion, and a honey-comb.
24 And she bore a son, and called his name
9 And when he had taken it in his hands, he
Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord
went on eating: and coming to his father and
blessed him.
mother, he gave them of it, and they ate: but he
25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be would not tell them that he had taken the honey
with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa from the body of the lion.
and Esthaol. 11 And when the citizens of that place saw