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Now there was a man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount 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 one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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

Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD there.

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord , were there.

When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters;

And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

but to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.

But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.

Her rival, moreover, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb.

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

And it happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the LORD, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord , so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

Then Elkanah her husband would say to her, "Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you not eat, and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?