Judges 13:1-3

Context

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight,¹ so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

13:2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.² 13:3 The Lord’s angelic³ messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You⁴ are infertile and childless,⁵ but you will conceive and have a son.

[13:1] ¹tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[13:2] ²tn Heb “and had not given birth.”

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

[13:3] ⁴tn Heb “Look, you.”

[13:3] ⁵tn Heb “and have not given birth.”