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On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions of food to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters, 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.

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