20. For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
21. But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord.
22. And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
23. But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would at this time have told us such things as these.
24. And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
25. And the spirit of the Lord began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.