◄ Judges 13:15 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “Allow us to detain you, and prepare a kid for you.”

Contemporary English Version
"Please," Manoah said, "stay here with us for just a little while, and we'll fix a young goat for you to eat."

New American Bible
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “Permit us to detain you, so that we may prepare a young goat for you.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.

let us

Judges 6:18,19 And depart not hence, till I return to thee, and bring a sacrifice, and offer it to thee. And he answered: I will wait thy coming. . . .

Genesis 18:3-5 And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant. . . .

until.

Context
The Birth of Samson
…14And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfil and observe. 15And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.16And the angel answered him: If thou press me I will not eat of thy bread: but if thou wilt offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord. And Manue knew not it was the angel of the Lord.…
Cross References
Genesis 18:5
And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.

Judges 13:3
And an angel of the Lord appeared to her, and said: Thou art barren and without children: but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.

Judges 13:14
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