17 Then Manoah said to him, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?”

18 “Why do you ask my name,” the angel of the Lord asked him, “since it is beyond understanding?”(A)

19 Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord, who did something miraculous[a] while Manoah and his wife were watching.

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  1. 13:19 LXX reads to the Lord, to the one who works wonders

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

18 He replied, “Why do you ask my name?(B) It is beyond understanding.[a] 19 Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock(C) to the Lord. And the Lord did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched:

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  1. Judges 13:18 Or is wonderful