And may he be to you a restorer of life, and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you has borne him, who is better to you than seven sons.
And her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart afflicted? Am I not better to you than ten sons?
The sated ones have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry have ceased, while the barren has borne seven; yea, she who had many sons has languished.