1 Samuel 1:5
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5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 1:5 Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb
Genesis 30:2
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2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, (A)who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
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Genesis 29:30-31
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30 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban (A)for another seven years.
Jacob's Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was (B)hated, (C)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
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Genesis 45:22
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22 To each and all of them he gave (A)a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[a] of silver and (B)five changes of clothes.
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- Genesis 45:22 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Genesis 20:18
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18 For the Lord (A)had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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Genesis 16:1
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Sarai and Hagar
16 (A)Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was (B)Hagar.
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Deuteronomy 21:15
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Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn
15 “If a man has two wives, (A)the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,[a]
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- Deuteronomy 21:15 Or hated; also verses 16, 17
Genesis 43:34
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34 (A)Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was (B)five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry[a] with him.
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- Genesis 43:34 Hebrew and became intoxicated
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