And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if You will indeed look upon the humiliation of Your maidservant and remember me, and give to your maidservant a male child, then will I indeed dedicate him to You till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head.

For I have prayed for this child; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of Him.

And call upon Me in the day of affliction; and I shall deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. Pause.

Hear my prayer; to You all flesh shall come.

He shall call upon Me, and I will hearken to him; I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him.

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Inquire of Me concerning My sons, and concerning the works of My hands, ask of Me.

Then shall you cry, and God shall hearken to you; while you are yet speaking He will say, Behold, I am here. If you remove from you the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;

And it shall come to pass, [that] before they call, I will hearken to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it?

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your prayer has been heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you shall call his name John.

And Sarai was barren, and did not bear children.

And Abram said, Master and Lord, what shall You give me? Seeing I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is my heir].

And Abram said, [I am grieved] since You have given me no seed, but my home-born servant shall succeed me.

And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

And I will bless her, and give you a son by her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.

And Abraham said to God, Let this Ismael live before You.

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Anna, and the name of the second [was] Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Anna had no child.

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

and they prevailed against them; and the Hagrites were given into their hands, [they] and all their tents, for they cried to God in the battle, and He hearkened to them, because they trusted on Him.

and he prayed to Him. And He hearkened to him, and listened to his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. And Manasseh knew that the Lord, He is God.

So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and He hearkened to us.

He will perform the desire of them that fear Him: and He will hear their supplication, and save them.

The ungodly is engulfed in destruction, but the desire of the righteous is acceptable.

And not only this, but also Rebecca having conception from one [man], our father Isaac;

it was said to her, "The older shall serve the younger."