Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Luke 1:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favour in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He deigned to look on me to take away my reproach among men. [Gen. 30:23; Isa. 4:1.] American Standard Version (1901) Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men. Common English Bible “This is the Lord’s doing. He has shown his favor to me by removing my disgrace among other people.” Catholic Public Domain Version "For the Lord did this for me, at the time when he decided to take away my reproach among men." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he hath had regard to take away my reproach among men. |
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
When he has swallowed up death once and for all, the Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.
On that day seven women will seize one man, saying, ‘We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothing. Just let us bear your name. Take away our disgrace.’
But the angel said to him, ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.
After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,
By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the one who had promised was faithful.
She also said to her father, ‘Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.’
Her rival would taunt her severely just to provoke her, because the Lord had kept Hannah from conceiving.