Quotes About Hope

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.

Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

But You have said, ëI will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.í”

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

His father recognized it and said, “It is my sonís robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your fatherís house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her fatherís house.

she removed her widowís garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

So Josephís master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the kingís prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.