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But Elkanah always gave a special share of the meat to Hannah, because he loved Hannah and because the Lord had kept her from having children. Peninnah would tease Hannah and upset her, because the Lord had made her unable to have children. This happened every year when they went up to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. Peninnah would upset Hannah until Hannah would cry and not eat anything.

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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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