And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him,
And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy