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

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

^27 (A)to a virgin betrothed^[a] to a man whose name was Joseph, ^(B)of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

Jacob's Children

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

4 ^(A)And seven women ^(B)shall take hold of ^(C)one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; ^(D)take away our reproach.”

⁵ But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.^{[a] 6} And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

²¹ And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in ^(A)the temple.