1 Samuel 1:8

8 Então Elcana, seu marido, lhe perguntou: Ana, por que choras? e porque não comes? e por que está triste o teu coração? Não te sou eu melhor de que dez filhos?

1 Samuel 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 1:8

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest
thou?
&c.] Since it was a time of rejoicing, as every festival was, especially at the ingathering of the fruits of the earth:

and why eatest thou not?
since they were at a feast, and she had the best part and portion of the provision:

and why is thy heart grieved?
to such a degree that she could neither eat nor drink:

am not I better to thee than ten sons?
which, as Jarchi says, Peninnah had borne to him; his meaning is, that the share she had in his love and affections ought to have been esteemed by her more than if she had ten or many children by him; and it suggests that Peninnah would have been glad to have such a share in his affections as Hannah had; and it would have been more eligible to her, than to have borne him so many children as she had.

1 Samuel 1:8 In-Context

6 Ora, a sua rival muito a provocava para irritá-la, porque o Senhor lhe havia cerrado a madre.

7 E assim sucedia de ano em ano que, ao subirem � casa do Senhor, Penina provocava a Ana; pelo que esta chorava e não comia.

8 Então Elcana, seu marido, lhe perguntou: Ana, por que choras? e porque não comes? e por que está triste o teu coração? Não te sou eu melhor de que dez filhos?

9 Então Ana se levantou, depois que comeram e beberam em Siló; e Eli, sacerdote, estava sentado, numa cadeira, junto a um pilar do templo do Senhor.

10 Ela, pois, com amargura de alma, orou ao Senhor, e chorou muito,