He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, because the separation for his God is on his head.

He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.

When he got home, he told his father and mother, “A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”

The Lord’s spirit empowered him and he tore the lion in two with his bare hands as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.