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]

I recall her [[[shudder]]].

[Red Badger]

She’s a great actress, and her other subsequent roles were completely different...............

[Red Badger]

Getting back to your “Chosen” reference, notice any similarities:

The coming birth of a son, announced by an angel, to the future mother, that would be the ‘Deliverer’ of His people.

Was Manoah a carpenter, too?................

[Red Badger]

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

According to the Bible, Manoah was of the tribe of Dan and lived in the city of Zorah. He married one woman, who was barren. Her name is not mentioned in the Bible, but according to tradition she was called Hazzelelponi or Zelelponith.[2] She was a daughter of Etam and sister of Ishma.

[Red Badger]

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

Hazzelelponi was a daughter of a man named Etam and thus a descendant of Judah.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Good stuff, Sherlock!

[Red Badger]

Yep, I didn’t think those Medieval Midrash Rabbis would have missed something like this. They wanted all the holes filled with something or someone.............

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

[Hebrews 11:6]

Still, I await a cogent explanation for her “Christian” name’s omission....................

[Red Badger]

We’ll find out one day. I’ll ask Samson........................

[Hebrews 11:6]

How much do you know about the circumstances of your birth? Why not ask the human author? Or the Spirit???????????????????