World English Bible
1 Samuel 1:6
“Her rival provoked her severely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 1
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When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
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but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
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Her rival provoked her severely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
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[as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
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Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why don't you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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