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1 Samuel 1:4-9

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  • 1 Samuel 1:4

    And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

  • 1 Samuel 1:5

    But unto Hannah he gave a worthyb portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

  • 1 Samuel 1:6

    And her adversary also provokedc her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

  • 1 Samuel 1:7

    And as he did so year by year, whend she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

  • 1 Samuel 1:8

    Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

  • 1 Samuel 1:9

    So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

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