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1 Samuel 1:2

HannahPeninnah
Grief

1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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BSB
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
KJV
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
WEB
He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
ASV
and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
DARBY
And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
BLB
And to him [were] two wives: The name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, and Hannah had no children.
ÅB
Han hadde to hustruer; den ene hette Hanna og den andre Peninna; og Peninna hadde barn, men Hanna hadde ikke.
OTB
Han hadde to koner. Den ene het Hanna, og den andre het Peninna. Peninna hadde barn, men Hanna hadde ingen.
B1930
Han hadde to hustruer; den ene hette Hanna og den andre Peninna; og Peninna hadde barn, men Hanna hadde ikke.

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  • Luke 1:7

    And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

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  • Genesis 25:21

    And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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  • Judges 13:2

    And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

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  • Genesis 29:23–29

    And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

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  • Genesis 29:31

    And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

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  • Genesis 4:23

    And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

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  • Genesis 16:1–2

    Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:15–17

    If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

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