Pray to God, he is the God who gives life. The Bible also records that many infertile women are happy mothers with many children. For example, Samuel's mother, Hannah.
In Ramazophar, in the hill country of Ephraim, there was an Ephraimite named Elkana. He is the son of Jeroham, the great-grandson of Sufu and the great-grandson of Tohu, the son of Elihu.
He has two wives, Hana and Pinina. Penina has children, but Hannah has no children.
Sam 1:3 This man goes to Shiloh from his city every year to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty. Eli had two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, who were priests of the LORD.
Sam 1:4 On the day of sacrifice, Elkana gave the meat to his wife, Penina, and his children.
Sam 1:5 gave Hannah double marks because he loved Hannah. But the Lord did not give birth to Hannah.
Sam 1:6 When Penina saw that the Lord had not given birth to Hannah, she became her enemy, greatly arousing Hannah and provoking her to anger.
Every year when she went up to the house of the Lord, Elkana gave Hannah double. Penny is still stirring her, so that she cries and doesn't eat.
Elkanah, her husband, said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping and not eating? Why are you so sad? Am I not better than ten sons?
Sam 1:9 When they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Eli the priest sat on his seat by the doorpost of the house of the Lord.
Sam 1: 10 Hannah was very upset and prayed to the Lord with tears.
Sam 1: 1 1 made a vow, saying, O Lord of hosts, if you care about your handmaid's sufferings, remember her and give me a son, I will give him to the Lord all my life without shaving his head with a razor.
Hannah kept praying before the Lord to look intently at her mouth.
Sam 1: 13 It turns out that Hannah prayed silently and only moved her lips to keep silent, so as to think that she was drunk.
Eli said to her, how long will you be drunk? You shouldn't drink.
Hannah answered and said, No, Lord. I am a bitter woman. I didn't drink wine or strong drink, but I poured out my heart before the Lord.
Sam 1: 16 Don't treat your handmaid as an immoral woman. I've been praying until now because I'm so excited and worried.
Eli said, You can go back in peace. May the God of Israel answer your request to him.
And Hannah said, May your handmaid find favor in your eyes. So the woman went to eat, and her face was no longer sad.
Early the next morning, they got up and worshipped before the Lord, and returned to Ramah. When she came home, Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered Hannah.
Sam 1:20 Hannah got pregnant. When the time was fulfilled, she gave birth to a son and named him Samuel, saying, I asked the Lord for this.
Elkanah and all his family went up to Shiloh to offer an annual sacrifice to the Lord and fulfill their vows.
Sam 1:22 But Hannah did not go up, and said to her husband, When the child is weaned, I will take him up to appear before the Lord, so that he can live there forever.
And her husband Elkana said, Do as you please. You can wait until your son is weaned. May God fulfill his promise! So the woman nursed her son at home until she was weaned.
Sam 1:24 When he was weaned, he took the child to Shiloh and entered the house of the Lord. He also brought three bulls, an ephah of fine flour and a bottle of wine. At that time, the child was still young.
Sam 1:25 killed a bull and brought the child to Eli.
Sam 1:26 The woman said, Lord, as you live, I was the woman who stood before you and prayed to the Lord.
I pray for this child. God has given me what I want.
Sam 1:28 Therefore, I will give this child to the Lord, and I will give him all my life. So he worshipped the Lord there.
Sam 2: 1 Hannah prayed and said, My heart is glad in the Lord. My horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth is open to my enemy. I rejoice in the salvation of the Lord.
Only God is sacred. There is no one like him, and there is no rock like our God.
Sam 2:3 Let no man boast, nor speak proudly. For the Lord is a wise God, and man's actions are measured by him.
Sam 2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken. The man who fell tied his waist hard.
Sam 2:5 Those who were full became slaves and begged for food. Hungry, not hungry anymore. The barren gave birth to seven sons. Those who have many children will fail.
Sam 2:6 The Lord causes death and gives life, and causes people to go down to Sheol and go up to the heights.
Sam 2:7 He makes people poor, makes people rich, humbles people and ennobles them.
Sam 2:8 He lifts up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the dunghill, so that they may sit with princes and be honored. The pillars of the earth belong to God. He put the world on it.
Sam 2:9 He will keep the footsteps of the saints, and the wicked will be silent in the darkness. No one can win by strength.
2: 10 Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered. The Lord will strike him with lightning from heaven, judge the ends of the earth, give strength to his king and exalt the horn of the anointed.
Sam 2: 1 1 Elijah took it back to Ramah. The child served the Lord before Eli the priest.
Sam 2: 18 Samuel was a child and stood before the Lord in a linen ephod.
2sam 2: 19 His mother makes a small robe for him every year and brings it to him when she comes up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
Sam 2:20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the Lord give you descendants from this woman instead of the children you asked the Lord." . They returned to their hometown.
Sam 2:2 1 the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew up before the Lord.
Like Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.
Luke 1:5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias in Abijah's class. His wife is a descendant of Aaron and her name is Elizabeth.
Luke 1:6 Both of them are righteous before God and keep all the commandments and rituals of the Lord blameless.
Luke 1:7 just no children, because Elizabeth is barren, and both of them are old.
Luke 1:8 Zechariah served as a priest before God in his order.
Luke 1:9 They cast lots to enter the main hall to burn incense according to the rules of priests.
When burning incense, all the people are praying outside.
Road 1: 1 1 The angel of the Lord stood on the right side of the altar and appeared to him.
When Zechariah saw it, he was very afraid.
Luke 1: 13 The angel said to him, Zechariah, don't be afraid. Because your prayer has been heard, your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.
Luke 1: 14 You will be happy, and many people will be happy because of his birth.
Lu 1: 15 He will be great before the Lord, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb.
He will turn many Israelites to the Lord their God.
Luke 1: 17 He will walk before the Lord with Elijah's mind and power, and turn his father's heart to his children and his rebellious heart to the wisdom of the righteous. And prepare a people for the Lord.
Zechariah said to the angel, how can I know this? I am old, and so is my wife.
Luke 1: 19 The angel replied, I am Gabriel standing before God, and I have been sent to talk to you and give you this good news.
Luke 1:20 at that time, this will definitely come true. Because you don't believe, you will be speechless and speechless until the day when all this happens.
Luke 1:2 1 The people waited for Zechariah and wondered that he had stayed in the temple for a long time.
Road 1:22 When he came out, he couldn't talk to them. They knew he had seen a vision in the temple. Because he made a gesture to them and became speechless.
Lu 1:23 When his days of service were over, he went home.
Luke 1:24 After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and hid for five months.
Luke 1:25 says that the Lord visited my day and did this to me in order to take away my shame on the earth.
Luke 1:26 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth.
Luke 1:27 Go to a virgin who has been betrothed to a David named Yue Se, and the virgin's name is Mary.
Luke 1:28 And the angel came to her and said, I greet you, woman who has received great favor. God is with you.
Luke 1:29 Mary was very alarmed at this and repeatedly asked what this greeting meant.
Luke-0/:30 The angel said to her, Mary, don't be afraid. You have been favored by God.
Luke 1:3 1 If you want to get pregnant and have a son, you can name him Jesus.
Luke 1:32 He will be great, and he will be called the son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
Luke 1:33 He will be king of Jacob forever. His kingdom is endless.
Luke 1:34 Mary said to the angel, I am not married, how can this be?
Luke 1:35 The angel answered and said, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the saint to be born will be called the son of God. People who want to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 1:36 Furthermore, your relative Elizabeth was pregnant with a son in her old age. The one who is called infertile is now six months pregnant.
Luke 1:37 Because not a word of God is powerless.
Luke 1:38 Mary said, I am the handmaid of the Lord; May it be done to me according to your words. The angel left her.
Luke 1:39 At that time, Mary got up and hurried to the mountain and came to a city in Judah.
Luke 1:40 went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.
Luke 1:4 1 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, her baby jumped in her belly, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:42 cried out with a loud voice, saying, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the womb you bear.
Luke 1:43 Where did my Lord's mother come to me?
Luke 1:44 Because the sound of your greeting came into my ears, and the baby in my belly jumped with joy.
Luke 1:45 Blessed are the women who believe. Because everything the Lord said to her will come true.
Luke 1:46 Mary said, My heart magnifies the Lord.
Luke 1:47 My spirit rejoices in God, my savior.
Luke 1:48 because he cares about the humbleness of his handmaid. From now on, all generations will call me blessed.
Luke 1:49 That powerful man has done great things for me. His name is sacred.
Luke 1:50 He shows kindness to those who fear him through all generations.
Luke used his arms to exert great power. The arrogant man was delusional and drove him away.
Luke 1:52 he abolished the powerful, which was called humble ascension.
Luke 1:53 Let the hungry have enough to eat and the rich go home empty-handed.
He helped his servant Israel,
Luke 1:55 Please remember Abraham and his descendants and have mercy forever, just as you said to our fathers.
Luke 1:56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then went home.
Luke 1:57 when Elizabeth's labor came, she gave birth to a son.
Luke 1:58 when the neighbors heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to him, they rejoiced with him.
On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child. You shall call him Zechariah after his father.
Road 1:60 His mother said, No, call him John.
They said, there is no one by that name among your relatives.
Lu 1:62 So they gestured to his father and asked him what he would name the child.
Lu 1:63 He asked for a writing board and wrote his name as John. They were all surprised.
Luke 1:64 Zechariah's mouth opened immediately, and his tongue stuck out, and he spoke and praised God.
Luke 1:65 all the people living around were afraid, and all this spread throughout the Jewish mountains.
Luke 1:66 everyone who heard this kept it in their hearts and said, what will happen to this child in the future? Because the Lord is with him.