²¹ And the Lord was gracious to Hannah;^(A) she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew^(B) up in the presence of the Lord.

⁴⁰ And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.^(A)

¹⁹ The Lord was with^(A) Samuel as he grew^(B) up, and he let none^(C) of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.

²⁶ And the boy Samuel continued to grow^(A) in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.^(B)

²⁴ The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson.^(A) He grew^(B) and the Lord blessed him,^(C)

The Birth of Isaac

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah^(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.^(B)

⁸⁰ And the child grew and became strong in spirit^[a];^(A) and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.^(A)

¹⁹ Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.^(A) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered^(B) her. ²⁰ So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.^(C) She named^(D) him Samuel,^[a](E) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”