[ They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and[ they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
Sing, O barren, thou[ that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou[ that] didst not travail with child: for more[ are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
For it is written, Rejoice,[ thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh,[ so that] all that hear will laugh with me.And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born[ him] a son in his old age.
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
