Judges 13:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And there was a man in Zaraah of the kinred of Dan, named Manoah, whose wife was barren, and bare not.

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  • Josh 19:41 : 41 And the coast of their inheritaunce was, Zaraah, Esthaol, Irsemes,
  • Josh 15:33 : 33 And in the lowe countrey they had Esthaol, Zareah, and Asenah,
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 And they had no chylde, because that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were nowe well stricken in age.
  • 1 Sam 1:2-6 : 2 Which had two wyues, the one called Hanna, & the other Phenenna: And Phenenna had children, but Hanna had no children. 3 And this man went vp out of his citie euery yere, to worship and to sacrifice vnto the Lord of hoastes in Silo, where were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehes, the Lordes priestes. 4 And it fel on a day, that Elkana offered, and gaue to Phenenna his wyfe, and to all her sonnes and daughters, portions. 5 But vnto Hanna he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hanna, & the Lorde had made her barren. 6 And her enemie Phenenna vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isahac made intercession vnto the Lorde for his wyfe, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of hym, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued.

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  • Judg 13:3-17
    15 verses
    87%

    3And the angell of the Lord appeared vnto the woman, & sayde vnto her: Beholde, nowe thou art barren, & bearest not, but thou shalt conceaue, and beare a sonne.

    4And nowe therfore beware that thou drinke no wyne, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing:

    5For lo, thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne, And ther may no rasor come on his head, for ye ladde shalbe a Nazarite vnto God euen from his byrth: And he shal beginne to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistines.

    6Then the wife came, & tolde her husbande, saying: A man of God came vnto me, and the fashion of him was lyke the fashion of an angell of God, exceeding fearful: But I asked him not whence he was, neither tolde he me his name:

    7But sayde vnto me, behold, thou shalt be with childe and beare a sonne, & now drinke no wyne nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing, for the ladde shalbe an abstayner to God, euen from his byrth to the day of his death.

    8Then Manoah made intercession to the Lorde, and sayde: I pray thee my Lorde, let the man of God whiche thou sendedst, come agayne vnto vs, & teache vs what we shal do vnto the ladde whe he is borne.

    9And God heard the voyce of Manoah: and the angel of God came agayne vnto the wife as she sate in the felde: but Manoah her husbad was not with her.

    10And the wife made haste, and ranne & shewed her husbande, & sayde vnto him: behold, the man appeared vnto me that came vnto me to day.

    11And Manoah arose & went after his wife, and came to the man, and sayde vnto him: Art thou the ma that spakest vnto the woman? And he sayde: I am.

    12Manoah sayde, Nowe let thy saying come to passe: Howe shall we order the childe, and do vnto him?

    13And the angell of the Lord sayd vnto Manoah: The woman must absteyne from all that I sayde vnto her:

    14She may eate of nothing that cometh of the vine tree, nor drinke wine or strong drinke, nor eate any vncleane thing: but must obserue all that I bad her.

    15Manoah sayde vuto the angell of the Lorde: I pray thee let vs retayne thee vntill we haue made redy a kyd before thee.

    16And the angel of the Lord sayde vnto Manoah: Though thou make me abide, I wil not eate of thy bread: And if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it vnto the Lorde. For Manoah wist not that it was an angell of the Lorde.

    17And Manoah sayde agayne vnto the angell of the Lord: What is thy name, that when thy saying is come to passe, we may do thee worshippe?

  • Judg 13:19-25
    7 verses
    75%

    19And so Manoah toke a kyd, with a meat offring, and offred it vpon a rocke vnto the Lorde: And the angell did wonderously, Manoah and his wife lokyng vpon.

    20And whe the flambe came vp toward heauen from the aulter, the angell of the Lorde ascended vp in the flambe of the aulter: And Manoah and his wyfe loked vpon it, and fell on their faces vnto the grounde.

    21(But the angel of the Lord did no more appeare vnto Manoah and his wyfe:) And then Manoah knewe that it was an angel of the Lorde,

    22And sayd vnto his wyfe: We shal surely dye, because we haue seene God.

    23But his wyfe sayde vnto him: Yf the Lord would kyll vs, he would not haue receaued a burnt offering and a meate offering of our handes, neither woulde he haue shewed vs al these thinges, nor woulde nowe haue tolde vs any suche.

    24And the wyfe bare a sonne, and called his name Samson: And ye ladde grewe, and the Lorde blessed him.

    25And the spirite of the Lorde began to strengthen him in the hoast of Dan, betweene Zaraah and Esthaol.

  • Judg 13:1
    73%

    1And the children of Israel began agayne to comitte wickednesse in the sight of the lord, and the Lorde deliuered them into the handes of the Philistines fourtie yeres.

  • Gen 11:30
    72%

    30But Sarai was baren, and had no chylde.

  • 1 Sam 1:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1There was a man of one of the two Ramathaim Zophim, of mout Ephraim, named Elkana, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Thohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

    2Which had two wyues, the one called Hanna, & the other Phenenna: And Phenenna had children, but Hanna had no children.

  • Luke 1:7
    69%

    7And they had no chylde, because that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were nowe well stricken in age.

  • Luke 1:36
    69%

    36And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixth moneth, whiche was called barren.

  • 1 Sam 1:11
    68%

    11And vowed a vowe, and sayd: O Lord of hoastes, if thou wilt loke on the trouble of thyne handmayde and remembre me, and not forget thyne hand mayde, but geue vnto thyne handmayde a man childe, I will geue him vnto the Lorde all the dayes of his lyfe, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.

  • Luke 1:13
    68%

    13But the Angel sayde vnto him: Feare not Zacharie, for thy prayer is hearde: and thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare thee a sonne, & thou shalt cal his name Iohn.

  • Judg 14:1-4
    4 verses
    68%

    1Samson went downe to Thamnath, and sawe a woma in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines:

    2And he came vp, and told his father and his mother, & said: I haue sene a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines: & nowe geue me her to wyfe.

    3Then his father and mother sayd vnto him: Is there neuer a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, & among al my people, but that thou must go, and take a wyfe of the vncircumcised Philistines? And Samson sayd vnto his father: Geue me this woman, for she pleaseth me well.

    4But his father and mother wist not that it was the Lordes doyng, and that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines raigned ouer Israel.

  • Judg 15:1
    68%

    1But within a while after, euen in the time of wheat haruest, Sason visited his wife with a kyd, saying: I wil go in to my wyfe into the chaumber. But her father woulde not suffer him to go in.

  • Luke 1:5
    68%

    5There was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurie, a certaine priest, named Zacharias, of the course of Abia, & his wyfe was of the daughters of Aaron, & her name was Elizabeth.

  • Exod 2:1
    68%

    1And there went a man out of the house of Leui, and toke to wyfe a daughter of Leui.

  • Gal 4:27
    68%

    27For it is written: Reioyce thou baren, that bearest no chyldren, breake foorth and crye, thou that trauaylest not: For the desolate hath many mo chyldren, then she which hath an husbande.

  • Luke 1:18
    67%

    18And Zacharias saide vnto the Angel: By what token shall I know this? For I am olde, and my wyfe well stricken in yeres.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
    67%

    14The sonnes of Manasse: Azriel, whom his wife bare vnto him: But Aramiah his concubine bare Machir the father of Gilead.

  • Ruth 4:13
    67%

    13And so Booz toke Ruth, and she was his wyfe: And when he went in vnto her, the Lorde gaue, that she conceaued and bare a sonne.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17
    67%

    17And the wyfe conceaued, and bare a sonne that same season that Elisa had sayde vnto her, acording to the tyme of lyfe.

  • Ps 113:9
    67%

    9He maketh the barren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyful mother of children. Prayse ye the Lorde.

  • Luke 1:27
    67%

    27To a virgin, spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.

  • Judg 11:2
    67%

    2And Gilead begat Iephthah: And Gileads wyfe bare him sonnes, which when they were come to age, thrust out Iephthah, and said vnto him: Thou shalt not inherite in our fathers house, for thou art the sonne of a straunge woman.

  • Deut 7:14
    66%

    14Thou shalt be blessed aboue all nations: there shalbe neither man nor woman vnfruitfull among you, nor any of your cattell shalbe barren.