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1 Samuel 1:3

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:1

    Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, 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:

  2. 1 Samuel 1:2

    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.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:4

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

  4. 1 Samuel 1:5

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.