21. The angel did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Manoah finally realized it was the angel of the lord,
22. and he said to his wife, “We will certainly die, for we have seen God!”
23. But his wife said, “If the lord were going to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn’t have appeared to us and told us this wonderful thing and done these miracles.”
24. When her son was born, she named him Samson. And the lord blessed him as he grew up.
25. And the Spirit of the lord began to stir him while he lived in Mahaneh-dan, which is located between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol.