2 Hence Sarʹai said to Aʹbram: “Please now! Jehovah has shut me off from bearing children.+ Please, have relations with my maidservant. Perhaps I may get children from her.”+ So Aʹbram listened to the voice of Sarʹai.+

23 And Joseph got to see Eʹphra·im’s sons of the third generation,*+ also the sons of Maʹchir,+ Ma·nasʹseh’s son. They were born upon Joseph’s knees.+

17 Then the neighbor+ ladies gave it a name, saying: “A son has been born to Naʹo·mi.” And they began to call his name Oʹbed.*+ He is the father of Jesʹse,+ David’s father.