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He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. Now this man used to go up from his town year by year[a] to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of hosts in Shiloh, where[b] the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to Yahweh. On[c] the day Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:3 Literally “from days to days”
  2. 1 Samuel 1:3 Literally “and there”
  3. 1 Samuel 1:4 Literally “And it happened on”