And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. {worthy: or, double}

Lo, children {are} an heritage of the LORD: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward.

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, {both} the beloved and the hated; and {if} the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which {are} in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name {was} Manoah; and his wife {was} barren, and bare not.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she {was} barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were {now} well stricken in years.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

If any {man} come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, {saying}, Because I have asked him of the LORD. {when...: Heb. in revolution of days} {Samuel: that is, Asked of God}

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name {was} Hagar.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. {erred: or, been seduced}

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare {children}.

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, {Am} I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Now these {are} the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard {it}. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

But Sarai was barren; she {had} no child.

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

And he had two wives; the name of the one {was} Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Because it shut not up the doors of my {mother's} womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so {Abraham} begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac {begat} Jacob; and Jacob {begat} the twelve patriarchs.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.