Judges 13:3

13:3 The Lord’s angelic ¹  messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You ²  are infertile and childless, ³  but you will conceive and have a son.

Judges 13:8-9

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, ⁴  “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God ⁵  to visit ⁶  us again, so he can teach ⁷  us how we should raise ⁸  the child who will be born.” 13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. ⁹  God’s angelic messenger visited ¹⁰  the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

[13:3]  ¹ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).

[13:3]  ² tn Heb “Look, you.”

[13:3]  ³ tn Heb “and have not given birth.”

[13:8]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “come to.”

[13:8]  ⁷ tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

[13:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “what we should do for.”

[13:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

[13:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “came to.”