²⁵ “This is what the Lord has done for me in this time, when he looked favorably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people.”^(A)

²² Then God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb.^{(A) 23} She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach,”^(B)

4 Seven women shall take hold of one man on that day, saying,

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

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) 2} Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him.^(B)

¹¹ By faith, with Sarah’s involvement, he received power of procreation, even though he was too old, because he considered^[a] him faithful who had promised.^(A)

¹³ But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.^(A)

⁶ Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.^(A)

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)