Scripture
“Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?””
1 Samuel 1:8
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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