1 Samuel 1:20

Good News Translation

So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, “I asked the Lord for him.”

Cross References

Genesis 16:11

You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cry of distress.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.

Genesis 4:25

Adam and his wife had another son. She said, “God has given me a son to replace Abel, whom Cain killed.” So she named him Seth.

Genesis 5:29

and said, “From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work”; so he named him Noah.

1 Chronicles 4:10

But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain.” And God gave him what he prayed for.

Psalm 120:1

When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord, and he answered me.

Exodus 2:10

Later, when the child was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him as her own son. She said to herself, “I pulled him out of the water, and so I name him Moses.”

Exodus 2:22

who bore him a son. Moses said to himself, “I am a foreigner in this land, and so I name him Gershom.”

Matthew 1:21

She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus—because he will save his people from their sins.”

Hebrews 11:32

Should I go on? There isn't enough time for me to speak of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.