1 Samuel 1:8

8 Elcana, seu marido, lhe perguntava: “Ana, por que você está chorando? Por que não come? Por que está triste? Será que eu não sou melhor para você do 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 E porque o SENHOR a tinha deixado estéril, sua rival a provocava continuamente, a fim de irritá-la.
7 Isso acontecia ano após ano. Sempre que Ana subia à casa do SENHOR, sua rival a provocava, e ela chorava e não comia.
8 Elcana, seu marido, lhe perguntava: “Ana, por que você está chorando? Por que não come? Por que está triste? Será que eu não sou melhor para você do que dez filhos?”
9 Certa vez quando terminou de comer e beber em Siló, estando o sacerdote Eli sentado numa cadeira junto à entrada do santuário do SENHOR, Ana se levantou
10 e, com a alma amargurada, chorou muito e orou ao SENHOR.
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