But unto Hannah he gave a worthy [a]portion: for he loved Hannah, and the Lord had made her barren.

¶ And her adversary vexed her sore, forasmuch as she upbraided her, because the Lord had made her barren.

(And so did he year by year) and as oft as she went up to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept and did not eat.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Some read, a portion with an hearty cheer.

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