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but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had kept her from having children.[a]

Hannah’s rival kept taunting her to make her miserable, because the Lord had kept Hannah from having children. Year after year, when Hannah went up to the Lord’s house, her rival taunted her, so Hannah would weep and would not eat.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Literally had closed her womb

But to Hannah he gave a double portion(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.(B) Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(C) This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(D)

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