1 Samuel 1:20

Free Bible Version

In due course she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

Cross References

Genesis 16:11

The angel of the Lord went on to tell her: “Listen! You're pregnant, and you will have a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard how you've suffered.

Genesis 30:22

Then God paid attention to Rachel and listened to her appeals, and helped her to have children.

Genesis 4:25

Adam slept with his wife again, and she had a son and named him Seth, explaining that, “God has given me another child to replace Abel, the one Cain killed.”

Genesis 5:29

He named him Noah, with the explanation, “He will provide relief for us from all the hard manual labor we need to do in cultivating the ground the Lord has cursed.”

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez begged the God of Israel, “Please bless me and expand my borders! Be with me and keep me safe from harm so I won't have pain.” And God gave him what he asked for.

Psalm 120:1

I called out to the Lord for help in all my troubles, and he answered me.

Exodus 2:10

When the boy was older she took him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. She called him Moses, because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”

Exodus 2:22

She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I'm an exile living in a foreign country.”

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son and you shall call him Jesus, for he will save people from their sins.”

Hebrews 11:32

What other examples should I give? I don't have time to talk about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; about David, Samuel, and the prophets.