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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 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 શમુએલ ૧:૮
માટે તેનો પતિ એલ્કાના હંમેશા તેને કહેતો, “હાન્ના, તું કેમ રડે છે? તું કેમ ખાતી નથી? તારું હૃદય કેમ ઉદાસ છે?’ હું તને દસ પુત્ર કરતાં અધિક નથી શું?
हिन्दी1 शमूएल १:८
इसलिए उसके पति एल्काना ने उससे कहा, “हे हन्ना, तू क्यों रोती है? और खाना क्यों नहीं खाती? और तेरा मन क्यों उदास है? क्या तेरे लिये मैं दस बेटों से भी अच्छा नहीं हूँ?”

In context

6Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

7So year by year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.

8Elkanah 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?”

9So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the LORD’s temple.

10She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.

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