⁵ Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.

³ See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

¹⁸ See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.

⁹ And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

² But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

¹³ So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord made her with child and she gave birth to a son.

²⁷ My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

⁵ And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

¹³ And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.