Judges 13:2

Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.

3And an angel of the Lord appeared to her, and said: Thou art barren and without children: but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:30And Sarai was barren, and had no children.

Genesis 25:21And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

Joshua 15:33But in the plains: Estaol and Sarea and Asena,

1 Samuel 1:2And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.

Luke 1:7And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:2-8

An Angel Appears to Manoah's Wife. ( b. c. 1161.) 1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 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. 3 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray… Read the whole commentary →

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