1Sa 2:5, Psa 113:9, Heb 11:11-12 | ESV | STEP | Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread , but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven , but she who has many children is forlorn .

a Ps. 113:9; Isa. 54:1

b Jer. 15:9

c Ps. 68:6; 1 Sam. 2:5; [Ex. 1:21; Isa. 54:1]

d[See ver. 1 above]

e Gen. 17:19; 18:11-14; 21:2

f ch. 10:23

g Rom. 4:19

h Gen. 22:17; 32:12; See Gen. 15:5

1 Samuel 2:5

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^aThe barren has borne seven,
^bbut she who has many children is forlorn.

Psalms 113:9

9 He ^cgives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
^dPraise the Lord!

Hebrews 11:11-12

11 By faith ^eSarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered ^fhim faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and ^ghim as good as dead, were born descendants ^has many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.