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In the middle of the night, he woke up with a shock and looked about him; and there lying at his feet was a woman. (Ruth 3, 8)
Don't be afraid, daughter, I shall do everything you ask, since the people at the gate of my town all know that you are a woman of great worth. (Ruth 3, 11)
So she lay at his feet till morning, but got up before the hour when one man can recognise another; and he thought, 'It must not be known that this woman came to the threshing-floor.' (Ruth 3, 14)
All the people at the gate said, 'We are witnesses'; and the elders said, 'May Yahweh make the woman about to enter your family like Rachel and Leah who together built up the House of Israel. Grow mighty in Ephrathah, be renowned in Bethlehem! (Ruth 4, 11)
And through the children Yahweh will give you by this young woman, may your family be like the family of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.' (Ruth 4, 12)
'No, my lord,' Hannah replied, 'I am a woman in great trouble; I have not been drinking wine or strong drink -- I am pouring out my soul before Yahweh. (1 Samuel 1, 15)
Do not take your servant for a worthless woman; all this time I have been speaking from the depth of my grief and my resentment.' (1 Samuel 1, 16)
To which she said, 'May your servant find favour in your sight.' With that, the woman went away; she began eating and was dejected no longer. (1 Samuel 1, 18)
Elkanah her husband then said to her, 'Do what you think fit; wait until you have weaned him. May Yahweh bring about what he has said.' So the woman stayed behind and nursed her child until she weaned him. (1 Samuel 1, 23)
She said, 'If you please, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood beside you here, praying to Yahweh. (1 Samuel 1, 26)
The full fed are hiring themselves out for bread but the hungry need labour no more; the barren woman bears sevenfold but the mother of many is left desolate. (1 Samuel 2, 5)
Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, 'May Yahweh grant you an heir by this woman in exchange for the one which she has made over to Yahweh,' and they would go home. (1 Samuel 2, 20)