⁵ But to Hannah he gave a double portion^(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.^(B)

⁶ Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.^(A)

¹⁹ Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.^(A) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered^(B) her.

²⁰ So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.^(A) She named^(B) him Samuel,^[a](C) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”