(Lo! I fear my kinsfolk) i.e. the inheritors (after me) i.e. there is no one after me to inherit my office and position, (since my wife) Hannah the sister of the mother of Mary the daughter of Amran ('Imran) the son of Matthan (Mathan) (is barren) and gives birth to no children. (Oh, give me from Thy presence) from You (a successor) a son,