The angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, ‘Although you are unable to conceive and have no children, you will conceive and give birth to a son.
But the angel said to him, ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.
Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, ‘Please, Lord, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.’
The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, ‘I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I had promised to your ancestors. I also said: I will never break my covenant with you.
The Lord said, ‘I will certainly come back to you in about a year’s time, and your wife Sarah will have a son! ’ Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him.
Then the woman went and told her husband, ‘A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring angel of God. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.