Rachel said, "God has judged in my favor. He has heard my prayer and has given me a son"; so she named him Dan.

Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.

Then the LORD said, "I have seen how cruelly my people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings,

So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, "I asked the LORD for him."

Hannah said to him, "Excuse me, sir. Do you remember me? I am the woman you saw standing here, praying to the LORD.

I asked him for this child, and he gave me what I asked for.

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John.