³⁰ Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.^(A)

²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.^(A) The Lord answered his prayer,^(B) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

² A certain man of Zorah,^(A) named Manoah,^(B) from the clan of the Danites,^(C) had a wife who was childless,^(D) unable to give birth. ³ The angel of the Lord^(E) appeared to her^(F) and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.^(G)

³⁶ Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child^(A) in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.