^21 (A)Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. ^(B)And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.

^40 (A)And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

The Birth of Isaac

21 The Lord ^(A)visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah ^(B)as he had promised.

^19 (A)And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him ^(B)and let none of his words fall to the ground.

²⁶ Now the boy Samuel ^(A)continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.

²⁴ And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. ^(A)And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.

^80 (A)And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was ^(B)in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

⁵² And Jesus ^(A)increased in wisdom and in stature^[a] and in ^(B)favor with God and man.

¹⁹ They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at ^(A)Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord ^(B)remembered her. ²⁰ And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”^[a]