Judges 13:2
Good News Translation
At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children.

New Revised Standard Version
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children.

Contemporary English Version
Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was not able to have children,

New American Bible
There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Zorah.

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

Joshua 19:41 And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun,

barren

Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

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

1 Samuel 1:2-6 And 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 1:7 And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were well advanced in years.

Context
The Birth of Samson
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. 2Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.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.…
Cross References
Joshua 19:41
And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun,

Judges 2:1
And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:

Judges 13:1
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