16 Now the young woman* was very attractive in appearance,+ a virgin,* and no man had had sexual intercourse with her;+ and she made her way down to the fountain and began to fill her water jar and then came up.

23 And she became pregnant and brought a son to birth. Then she said: “God has taken away my reproach!”+

14 And the women began to say+ to Naʹo·mi: “Blessed be Jehovah,+ who has not let a repurchaser fail for you today; that his* name may be proclaimed in Israel.

6 And her rival wife* also vexed+ her sorely for the sake of making her feel disconcerted because Jehovah had closed up her womb.