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1 Samuel 1:2-6

1 Samuel 1:2

He had two wives. The name of the first wife was Hannah, and the name of the second, Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

1 Samuel 1:3

Every year Elkanah would leave his town and go to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were the Lord's priests.

1 Samuel 1:4

Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he would give portions of it to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters.

1 Samuel 1:5

He would give an extra portion to Hannah, to show his love for her even though the Lord hadn't given her any children.

1 Samuel 1:6

Her rival—the other wife—would taunt her badly to upset her because the Lord hadn't given her any children.