And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Leah; and he served him seven other years.

And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw near, that I may kill my brother Jacob.

And if a man has two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him [children], and the son of the hated should be firstborn;

and hated Esau and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness?

"No one is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and he will love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one, and he will despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Hagar.

Because the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

And the Lord visited Sarah, as He said, and the Lord did to Sarah, as He spoke.

And she conceived and bore to Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.

Now Isaac prayed to the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

And Rachel, having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.

And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?

And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and He opened her womb.

And there was a man of Zorah, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, and bore no children.

And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not given birth; yet you shall conceive a son.

And to Anna he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Elkanah loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.

And it came to pass when the time had come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.

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

And the Lord visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb.

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