“They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.”
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger; the barren has borne seven children, but the mother of many is forlorn—Hannah's own situation is universalized: the barren woman becomes fertile, the fertile becomes empty. The number seven suggests divine fullness and completeness.
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