^{15 Ref} And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.

^{16 Ref} So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.

^{17 Ref} And opening all his heart to her, he said to her, My head has never been touched by a blade, for I have been separate to God from the day of my birth: if my hair is cut off, then my strength will go from me and I will become feeble, and will be like any other man.