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1 Samuel 1:6-8
Lexham English Bible

6 (Now her rival wife would provoke her severely in order to upset her because Yahweh had closed her womb.) 7 And so he used to do[a] year after year; whenever[b] she went up to the house of Yahweh, she[c] would provoke her so that she[d] would weep and would not eat. 8 So Elkanah her husband would say to her: “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat? And why are you heartsick?[e] Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:7 So Hebrew; because of the abrupt change of subject some revocalize the verb to read “it used to be”
  2. 1 Samuel 1:7 Or “as often as”; literally “from enough”
  3. 1 Samuel 1:7 That is, Penninah
  4. 1 Samuel 1:7 That is, Hannah
  5. 1 Samuel 1:8 Literally “why is your heart evil”
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