²³ “Why go to him today?” he asked. “It’s not the New Moon^(A) or the Sabbath.”

“That’s all right,” she said.

²⁶ Run to meet her and ask her, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’”

“Everything is all right,” she said.

²⁸ “Did I ask you for a son, my lord?” she said. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t raise my hopes’?”