And she conceived again and bare a son; and said Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated he And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
Simeon - i:e., favourable bearing.
Now this time will my husband be joined unto me. This language is still used in the East by a wife who has become the mother of one or two sons. Mr. Graham, an intelligent missionary, describes ('Jordan and Rhine') the case of a wife who had born twin sons; and when the rumour spread through the neighbourhood in the city, the Moslem ladies came in troops, crying, 'What has God willed! How glorious! How fortunate! Now your husband will love you, and your name shall be great.'