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1 Samuel 1:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 1:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters,(A) 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion[a] because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.(B) 6 Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.(C)
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- 1.5 Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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