² Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,^(A) who has kept you from having children?”^(B)

¹⁸ Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”^(A) So she named him Issachar.^[a](B)

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.^(A) She named^(B) him Samuel,^[a](C) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”