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1 Samuel 1:5

American Standard Version

but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

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1 Samuel 1:5 in other translations

but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.

1 Samuel 1:5 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 1:5 in context

  1. 3And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.
  2. 4And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
  3. 5but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
  4. 6And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
  5. 7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.