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But to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had [a]given her no children. Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the Lord had [b]left her childless. So it happened year after year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, Peninnah provoked her; so she wept and would not eat.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Lit closed her womb.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:6 Lit closed her womb.

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