Miriam said, *Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.* The angel departed from her.
LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
For everything spoken by God is possible.*
Miriam arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Yehudah,
for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
For it is written that Avraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.