⁵ But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.^{[a] 6} And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

¹⁸ For the Lord ^(A)had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Jacob's Children

³¹ When the Lord saw that Leah was ^(A)hated, ^(B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

²² Then God ^(A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and ^(B)opened her womb.