1 Samuel 1:1-8 (New International Version)

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The Birth of Samuel

1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim,¹ a Zuphite^a² from the hill country³ of Ephraim,⁴ whose name was Elkanah⁵ son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives;⁶ one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. 3 Year after year⁷ this man went up from his town to worship⁸ and sacrifice to the LORD Almighty at Shiloh,⁹ where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli,¹⁰ were priests of the LORD. 4 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice,¹¹ he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.¹² 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion¹³ because he loved her, and the LORD had closed her womb.¹⁴ 6 And because the LORD had closed her womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.¹⁵ 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.¹⁶ 8 Elkanah her husband would say to her, "Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don't you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?¹⁷"

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