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Then saidElkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heartgrieved? am not I better to thee than tensons?
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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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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.
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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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So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
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And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.