³⁰ Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.^(A)

²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.^(A) The Lord answered his prayer,^(B) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Jacob’s Children

³¹ When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,^(A) he enabled her to conceive,^(B) but Rachel remained childless.

⁵ But to Hannah he gave a double portion^(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.^(B)