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.

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.

³¹ Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

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

¹¹ And now, my daughter, have no fear; I will do for you whatever you say: for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.

⁹ He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

⁵ Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

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

¹² May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.

²² Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

²³ And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

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

²¹ Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

¹⁷ Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

¹⁸ For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

¹ And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

² And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

³ And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.