1 Samuel 1:20

New Living Translation

and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”

Cross References

Genesis 16:11

And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel’s plight and answered her prayers by enabling her to have children.

Genesis 4:25

Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth, for she said, “God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”

Genesis 5:29

Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.”

1 Chronicles 4:10

He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.

Psalm 120:1

I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

Exodus 2:10

Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”

Exodus 2:22

Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he explained, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

Matthew 1:21

And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Hebrews 11:32

How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets.