16:20a Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”

Then she called out again, “Samson, the Philistia men are going to capture you.”
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Then she shouted, “Samson, the people of Philistia are here to get you.”

16:20b When Samson awoke from his sleep,

He woke up from his sleep
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He woke up

16:20c he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.”

and thought, “I will do as I did before and shake myself free.”
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and he thought, ‘‘I will make myself free from them as I have always done before.’’

16:20d But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

But he did not realize that Yahweh was no longer with him.
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But he did not realize that Yahweh had gone away from him ⌊and he was no longer strong⌋ .

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