²³ And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away ^(A)my reproach.”

²⁵ “Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to ^(A)take away my reproach among people.”

²⁷ to a virgin ^(A)betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

The Children of Jacob

³¹ When the Lord ^(A)saw that Leah was ^[a]unloved, He ^(B)opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Jerusalem’s Glorious Future

⁵ But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, ^(A)although the Lord had closed her womb. ⁶ And her rival also ^(B)provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

²¹ And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple.