"Thereforethe LordHimselfwill giveyou a sign:Behold,a virginwill be with childand beara son,and she will callHis nameImmanuel.
The angelof the LORDsaidto her further, "Behold,you are with child,And you will beara son;And you shall callhis nameIshmael,Becausethe LORDhas givenheedto your affliction.
Leahconceivedand borea sonand namedhim Reuben,for she said,"Becausethe LORDhas seenmy affliction;surelynowmy husbandwill loveme."
And I will putenmityBetweenyou and the woman,And betweenyour seedand her seed;He shall bruiseyou on the head,And you shall bruisehim on the heel."
Then Rachelsaid,"Godhas vindicatedme, and has indeedheardmy voiceand has givenme a son."Thereforeshe namedhim Dan.
So Rachelsaid,"With mightywrestlingsI have wrestledwith my sister,[and] I have indeedprevailed."And she namedhim Naphtali.
Adamhadrelationswith his wifeagain;and she gavebirthto a son,and namedhim Seth,for, [she said], "Godhas appointedme anotheroffspringin placeof Abel,for Cainkilledhim."
Then he gavea signthe sameday,saying,"Thisis the signwhichthe LORDhas spoken,'Behold,the altarshall be splitapartand the asheswhichare on it shall be pouredout.'"
Come,beholdthe worksof the LORD,Whohas wroughtdesolationsin the earth.
"Thisshall be the signto you from the LORD,that the LORDwill dothisthingthat He has spoken:
"Devisea plan,but it will be thwarted;Statea proposal,but it will not stand,For Godis with us."
"Then it will sweepon into Judah,it will overflowand passthrough,It will reachevento the neck;And the spreadof its wingswill fillthe breadthof your land,O Immanuel.
For a childwill be bornto us, a sonwill be givento us; And the governmentwill reston His shoulders;And His namewill be calledWonderfulCounselor,MightyGod,EternalFather,Princeof Peace.
"In His daysJudahwill be saved,And Israelwill dwellsecurely;And thisis His nameby whichHe will be called,The LORDour righteousness.'
"Howlongwill you gohereand there,O faithlessdaughter?For the LORDhas createda newthingin the earth--A womanwill encompassa man."
Thiswill be the signto you,' declaresthe LORD,'that I am going to punishyou in thisplace,sothat you may knowthat My wordswill surelystandagainstyou for harm.'
"But as for you, BethlehemEphrathah,[Too] littleto be among the clansof Judah,From you One will goforthfor Me to be rulerin Israel.His goingsforthare from longago,From the daysof eternity."
"BEHOLD,THE VIRGINSHALL BE WITH CHILDAND SHALL BEARA SON,AND THEY SHALL CALLHIS NAMEIMMANUEL,"whichtranslatedmeans,"GODWITH US."
"And behold,you will conceivein your womband beara son,and you shall nameHim Jesus.
The angelansweredand saidto her, "The HolySpiritwill comeupon you, and the powerof the Most Highwill overshadowyou; and for that reasonthe holyChildshall be calledthe Sonof God.
"This[will be] a signfor you: you will finda babywrapped in clothsand lyingin a manger."
"ThereforeDavidcallsHim 'Lord,'and howis He his son?"
And the Wordbecameflesh,and dweltamongus, and we sawHis glory,gloryas of the only begottenfrom the Father,fullof graceand truth.
whoseare the fathers,and from whomis the Christaccordingto the flesh,who is overall,Godblessedforever.Amen.
By common confession,greatis the mysteryof godliness:He whowas revealedin the flesh,Was vindicatedin the Spirit,Seenby angels,Proclaimedamongthe nations,Believedon in the world,Takenup in glory.
Then Gideonsaidto God,"IfYou willdeliverIsraelthroughme, as You have spoken,
It cameabout in duetime,after Hannahhad conceived,that she gavebirthto a son;and she namedhim Samuel,[saying], "BecauseI have askedhim of the LORD."
And she calledthe boyIchabod,saying,"The gloryhas departedfrom Israel,"becausethe arkof Godwas takenand becauseof her father-in-lawand her husband.
