The Bible In Paintings: GOD PROMISES SAMSON’S BIRTH

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

J U D G E S
CHAPTER 13

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

Manoah had a wife who was sterile and remained childless. The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, “You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son. The boy is to be set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name. But he said to me, ‘You will conceive and give birth to a son.’ ”

Then Manoah prayed to the LORD: “O Lord, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.” God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again. Manoah said, “Are you the one who talked to my wife?”

“I am,” he said.

Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”

He replied, “Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding.”

Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock to the LORD. And the LORD did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched: As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground. When the angel of the LORD did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD.

“We are doomed to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen God!”

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.”

The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him, and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him.

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TINTORETTO
"The Annunciation to Manoah's Wife"

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CARLO SARACENI
"An Angel Appearing to the Wife of Manoah"

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"The Angel of the Lord Appears to Manoah's Wife"

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PIETER SYMONSZ POTTER
"The Angel Announces to Manoach and His Wife
the Birth of Their Son Samson"

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"Manoah and His Wife Offer a Sacrifice; the Angel Floats Above"

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SALOMON DE BRAY
"The Angel Leaves Manoah and His Wife"

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GOVERT FLINCK
"Manoah's Sacrifice"

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EUSTACHE LE SUEUR
"The Sacrifice of Manoah"

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"Manoah and His Wife Give a Sacrifice"

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JAN LUYKEN
"Manoach and His Wife Kneel at the Altar
above which the Angel Hovers"

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CLAES CORNELISZ MOEYAERT
"The Sacrifice of Manoah"

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LOUIS DESPLACES
"Manoah and His Wife Pray to an Angel
which Emerges from the Flame of Their Altar"

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FRANS POST
"Manoah's Sacrifice"

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PIETER LASTMAN
"Sacrificio di Manoach"

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PIETER LASTMAN
"Sacrifice of Manoah"

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SALOMON KONINCK
"Manoah's Sacrifice"

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BENJAMIN WEST
"The Sacrifice of Manoah"

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ANTONIO BALESTRA
"An Angel Promises Manoah’s Wife a Son"

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JAMES TISSOT
"The Angel Ascends Toward Heaven"

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WILLEM DE POORTER
"O Sacrifício de Manoá"

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WILLIAM STRANG
"Manoah's Offering"

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SAMUEL VAN HOOGSTRATEN
"Manoah's Sacrifice"

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ADRIAEN VAN NIEULANDT
"Manoah's Sacrifice"

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MARC CHAGALL
"Manoah and His Wife, Offering a Sacrifice,
Saw the Angel of the Lord Flying in the Flame "

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SIMON JULIEN
"The Sacrifice of Manoah, Father of Samson"

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GERRIT WILLIEMSZ HORST
"The Sacrifice of Manoah"

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LOUIS GAUFFIER
"The Prediction of the Birth of Samson"

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REMBRANDT
"Manoah's Sacrifice"

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[Hebrews 11:6]

S A M S O N
SAMSON’S LION
SAMSON KILLS A THOUSAND PHILISTINES
SAMSON’S TROPHIES
DELILAH BETRAYS SAMSON
THE PHILISTINES CAPTURE SAMSON
SAMSON'S CAPTIVITY AND REVENGE

[Red Badger]

You would have thought the wings would have been a clue...............

[Hebrews 11:6]

Doesn’t it seem curious that the angel appeared to Mrs. Manoah, yet the Bible does not reveal her first name?

[Red Badger]

That is rather odd, given that Judaism is a matrilineal religion..................

[left that other site]

Good Morning! :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

There is nothing about the Bible which is unintentional or inadvertent, so I presume the omission has meaning and import. It certainly draws my attention to her, even moreso given the matrilinealism you note.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Mary-Lou! May your morning, and your entire day, be blessed.

[etabeta]

Thank you, Dan. They are all good representations of this story, some more than others.

[Red Badger]

I don’t know, if even the Medieval rabbis couldn’t fill in the blanks with their often strange backstories, i.e. Adam had a wife before Eve, then it must not have been really important to them.............

[Hebrews 11:6]

Until I see a better theory, I’m assuming that omission is intended to draw attention to her in a subtle way.

[Red Badger]

Maybe her name was ‘Lilith’............

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith

[InkStone]

Thank you Dan; great choices all.
Good morning to those who have trusted Jesus Yeshua God as Savior.

[BenLurkin]

Beautiful. Thank you for posting.

[Hebrews 11:6]

some more than others

I was thinking the same thing, Alba. Apparently, painting an angel rising on flames is not routine nor easy.

[Hebrews 11:6]

A “Chosen” reference?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hey there, Leon! Hope your Resurrection Sunday was inspiring for you....

[Hebrews 11:6]

My pleasure, Ben. Thank you for commenting.

[Red Badger]

Only slightly tongue-in-cheek.

‘Lilith’ was also the name of the character on “Cheers” who was the stern wife of Dr. Frasier Crane, both psychiatrists.

The real life actress who played her, Beatrice “Bebe” Jane Neuwirth, is Jewish!...........