³⁷ And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: grant me two months, so that I may go and wander^[a] on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my companions and I.”

²⁵ “This is what the Lord has done for me in this time, when he looked favorably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people.”^(A)

⁶ Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.^(A)