Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. To take away my reproach - As fruitfulness was a part of the promise of God to his people, Genesis 17:6, and children, on this account, being considered as a particular blessing from heaven, Exodus 23:20; Leviticus 26:9 : Psalms 127:3; so barrenness was considered among the Jews as a reproach, and a token of the disapprobation of the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:6. But see Luke 1:36.
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Luke 1:25
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.