² There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children.^(A)

⁴¹ The territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

⁷ But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years.

³³ And in the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,^(A)

²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was barren, and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.^(A)

² He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.^(A)

³ Now this man used to go up year by year from his town to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.^{(B) 4} On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters,^{(C) 5} but to Hannah he gave a double portion^[a] because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.^{(D) 6} Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.^(E)

The Birth of Ishmael

16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave whose name was Hagar,^(A)