And when Esau raised his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Then the maids drew near, they and their children, and bowed down;
Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, I pray you, that I may bless them.”
And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
For this child I prayed; and the Lord has granted me my petition which I made to him.