16. The angel of the Lord replied, "Even if I stay, I will not eat any of your food. But if you still want to prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord." Manoah didn't realize it was the angel of the Lord.
17. Then Manoah asked the angel of the Lord a question. "What is your name?" he said. "We want to honor you when your word comes true."
18. The angel replied, "Why are you asking me what my name is? You would not be able to understand it."
19. Manoah got a young goat. He brought it together with the grain offering. He sacrificed it on a rock to the Lord. Then the Lord did an amazing thing. It happened while Manoah and his wife were watching.
20. A flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven. The angel of the Lord rose up in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw it, they fell with their faces to the ground.
21. The angel of the Lord didn't show himself again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized it was the angel of the Lord.
22. "We're going to die!" he said to his wife. "We've seen God!"
23. But his wife answered, "The Lord doesn't want to kill us. If he did, he wouldn't have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from us. He wouldn't have shown us all of those things. He wouldn't have told us we're going to have a son."
24. Later, the woman had a baby boy. She named him Samson. As he grew up, the Lord blessed him.