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but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
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Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
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[as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
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Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why don`t you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to you than ten sons?