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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.

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23 But his wife answered, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this.”(A)

24 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson.(B) He grew(C) and the Lord blessed him,(D) 25 and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir(E) him while he was in Mahaneh Dan,(F) between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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