2. Now there was a certain man from Zorah, from the Danite clan, whose name was Manoah. His wife was unable to become pregnant and had not given birth to any children.
3. The Lord’s messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, "Even though you’ve been unable to become pregnant and haven’t given birth, you are now pregnant and will give birth to a son!
4. Now be careful not to drink wine or brandy or to eat anything that is ritually unclean,
5. because you are pregnant and will give birth to a son. Don’t allow a razor to shave his head, because the boy is going to be a nazirite for God from birth. He’ll be the one who begins Israel’s rescue from the power of the Philistines."
6. Then the woman went and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and he looked like God’s messenger—very scary! I didn’t ask him where he was from, and he didn’t tell me his name.