How the Lord Blessed the Growing Boy Samson

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 69:3

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"And the boy grew, and the LORD blessed him" (Judges 13:24). With what did He bless him? Rav Yehudah said that Rav said: He blessed him in his body, that his body was like that of [other] men [in proportion], and his seed flowed like a rushing stream.

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