But he gave a double[a] portion(A) to Hannah, for he loved her even though the Lord had kept her from conceiving. Her rival would taunt her severely just to provoke her, because the Lord had kept Hannah from conceiving. Whenever she went up to the Lord’s house,(B) her rival taunted her in this way every year. Hannah wept and would not eat.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Or gave only one; Hb obscure

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