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1 Samuel 1:6

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

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  1. 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:

  2. 1 Samuel 1:5

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

  3. 1 Samuel 1:7

    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.

  4. 1 Samuel 1:8

    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?

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