15. And Manoach said unto the Malach Hashem, Now, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a young goat for thee.
16. And the Malach Hashem said unto Manoach, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy lechem; and if thou wilt offer an olah (burnt offering), thou must offer it unto Hashem. For Manoach knew not that he was Malach Hashem.
17. And Manoach said unto Malach Hashem, Mi shmehchah? That when thy devar come to pass we may do thee honor?
18. And the Malach Hashem said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my shem, seeing it is FELI (supremely wonderful [see Isa 9:5(6); Ex 15:11])?
19. So Manoach took a young goat with a minchah, and offered it upon the tzur unto Hashem; and wonderously did He act; and Manoach and his wife looked on.
20. For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward Shomayim from off the Mizbe'ach, that the Malach Hashem ascended in the flame of the Mizbe'ach. And Manoach and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground [cf Ac 1:9].
21. But the Malach Hashem did no more appear to Manoach and to his isha. Then Manoach knew that He was the Malach Hashem.
22. And Manoach said unto his isha, We shall surely die, because we have seen Elohim.
23. But his isha said unto him, If Hashem were pleased to kill us, He would not have received an olah (burnt offering) and a minchah from yadenu (our hands), neither would He have showed us all these things, nor at this time would have told us such things as these.
24. And the isha bore ben, and called shmo Shimshon; and the na'ar grew, and Hashem blessed him.
25. And the Ruach Hashem began to impel him at times in Machaneh Dan between Tzorah and Eshtaol.