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22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb.(A)

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22 Then God remembered Rachel;(A) he listened to her(B) and enabled her to conceive.(C)

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31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.(A)

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Jacob’s Children

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

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The Flood Subsides

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the domestic animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided;(A)

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But God remembered(A) Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth,(B) and the waters receded.

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Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”(A)

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

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He gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!(A)

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He settles the childless(A) woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

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42 For he remembered his holy promise
    and Abraham, his servant.(A)

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42 For he remembered his holy promise(A)
    given to his servant Abraham.

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

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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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.

21 Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was barren, and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.(A)

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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.

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The Birth of Isaac

21 The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised.(A) Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him.(B)

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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) Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(C) to Abraham in his old age,(D) at the very time God had promised him.(E)

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Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
    the fruit of the womb a reward.(A)

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Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward(A) from him.

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