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And there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim from the hills of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

And he had two wives, the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the second, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

And that man went up from his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice before Jehovah of Hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to Jehovah there.

And the day came , and Elkanah sacrificed. And he would give to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and her daughters portions.

And to Hannah he gave one double portion, for he loved Hannah. And Jehovah had shut up her womb.

And her rival provoked her even to vexation, so as to make her tremble, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

And so he did year by year, as often as she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her. And she wept, and did not eat.

And her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart afflicted? Am I not better to you than ten sons?