Then the LORDtooknoteof Sarahas He had said,and the LORDdidfor Sarahas He had promised.
"I will blessher, and indeedI will giveyou a sonby her. Then I will blessher, and she shall be [a mother of] nations;kingsof peopleswill comefrom her."
But Godsaid,"No,but Sarahyour wifewill bearyou a son,and you shall callhis nameIsaac;and I will establishMy covenantwith him for an everlastingcovenantfor his descendantsafterhim.
"But My covenantI will establishwith Isaac,whomSarahwill bearto you at thisseasonnextyear."
He said,"I will surelyreturnto you at this timenextyear;and behold,Sarahyour wifewill have a son."And Sarahwas listeningat the tentdoor,whichwas behindhim.
"Is anythingtoodifficultfor the LORD?At the appointedtimeI will returnto you, at thistimenextyear,and Sarahwill have a son."
"Now Sarahmy master'swifeborea sonto my masterin her oldage,and he has givenhim allthat he has.
Josephsaidto his brothers,"I am about to die,but Godwill surelytakecareof you and bringyou up from thislandto the landwhichHe promisedon oathto Abraham,to Isaacand to Jacob."
The womanconceivedand borea sonat that seasonthe nextyear,as Elishahad saidto her.
Rememberme, O LORD,in [Your] favortoward Your people;Visitme with Your salvation,
The wordsof the LORDare purewords;As silvertriedin a furnaceon the earth,refinedseventimes.
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
"Goand gatherthe eldersof Israeltogether and sayto them, 'The LORD,the Godof your fathers,the Godof Abraham,Isaacand Jacob,has appearedto me, saying,"I amindeedconcernedabout you and what has been doneto you in Egypt.
So the peoplebelieved;and when they heardthat the LORDwas concernedabout the sonsof Israeland that He had seentheir affliction,then they bowedlowand worshiped.
"Heavenand earthwill passaway,but My wordswill not pass away.
"Blessed[be] the LordGodof Israel,For He has visitedus and accomplishedredemptionfor His people,
and they will level you to the groundand your childrenwithinyou, and they will not leavein you one stoneupon another,becauseyou did not recognizethe timeof your visitation."
But the son by the bondwomanwas bornaccordingto the flesh,and the son by the free womanthroughthe promise.
And you brethren,likeIsaac,are childrenof promise.
in the hopeof eternallife,whichGod,who cannot lie,promisedlong agesago,
Then she arosewith her daughters-in-lawthat she might returnfrom the landof Moab,for she had heardin the landof Moabthat the LORDhad visitedHis peoplein givingthem food.
Then they aroseearlyin the morningand worshipedbeforethe LORD,and returnedagainto their housein Ramah.And Elkanahhadrelationswith Hannahhis wife,and the LORDrememberedher.
The LORDvisitedHannah;and she conceivedand gavebirthto threesonsand twodaughters.And the boySamuelgrewbeforethe LORD.
