The Origin Story of the Lord's Sons

Hannah's song has a remarkable affinity with, of course, Mary's song, Magnificat. We're also introduced in this first chapter to Eli, who is going to be pretty prominent in the first third of first Samuel. Hannah and Penina or Penina had children, but Hannah had no children. Her rival would provoke her bitterly to irritate her because the Lord had closed her womb. So she wept and would not eat. Then Elkana, her husband, said to her, why do you weep? And why is your heart sad? Am I better than my sons?