Then she made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head."

"For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."

O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come.

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.

Thus says the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.

Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I [am.'] "If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

" It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.

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

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house [is] Eliezer of Damascus?"

Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!"

So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing [children.] Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.

"And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be from her."

And Abraham said to God, "Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!"

And he had two wives: the name of one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who [were] with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him.

and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD [was] God.

So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.

The fear of the wicked will come upon him, And the desire of the righteous will be granted.

And not only [this,] but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, [even] by our father Isaac

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