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The Birth of Samson

Judges 13:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
KJV
¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
WEB
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
ASV
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
LSV
And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and has not borne;
YLT
And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and hath not borne;
DBY
And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
DRC
Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.
GNV
Then there was a man in Zorah of the familie of the Danites, named Manoah, whose wife was baren, and bare not.
JPS
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not.
LXXE
And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoë, and his wife was barren, and bore not.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְהִי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶחָ֧ד מִצָּרְעָ֛ה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת הַדָּנִ֖י וּשְׁמ֣וֹ מָנ֑וֹחַ וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ עֲקָרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יָלָֽדָה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἦν ἀνὴρ εἷς ἀπὸ Σαραὰ ἀπὸ δήμου συγγενείας τοῦ Δανὶ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Μανωὲ, καὶ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ στεῖρα καὶ οὐκ ἔτεκε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 19:41The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
  • Joshua 15:33These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
  • Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
  • Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
  • Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
  • 1 Samuel 1:2–6He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh,…

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