"May he also be to you a restorerof lifeand a sustainerof your oldage;for your daughter-in-law,wholovesyou and is betterto you thansevensons,has givenbirthto him."
"ThereI will also providefor you, for there are stillfiveyearsof famine[to come], and you and your householdand allthat you have would be impoverished."'
Josephprovidedhis fatherand his brothersand allhis father'shouseholdwith food,accordingto their littleones.
Castyour burdenupon the LORDand He will sustainyou; He will neverallowthe righteousto be shaken.
A manof [too many] friends[comes] to ruin,But thereis a friendwhostickscloserthana brother.
Even to [your] oldageI will be the same,And evento [your] grayingyearsI will bear[you]! I have done[it], and I will carry[you]; And I will bear[you] and I will deliver[you].
Then Naomitookthe childand laidhim in her lap,and becamehis nurse.
Then Elkanahher husbandsaidto her, "Hannah,whydo you weepand whydo you not eatand whyis your heartsad?Am I not betterto you thantensons?"
"Those who were fullhirethemselves out for bread,But those who were hungrycease[to hunger]. Eventhe barrengivesbirthto seven,But she who has manychildrenlanguishes.
