1 Samuel 1:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² He had two wives,  the first named Hannah  and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² Elkanah had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah didn’t.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. And Peninnah had sons. But Hannah did not have children.

1 Samuel 1:2 Cross References

Genesis 11:30

Sarai was unable to conceive;  she did not have a child.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless.  The Lord was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was neglected,  he opened her womb;  but Rachel was unable to conceive.

Genesis 4:19

Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.

Genesis 4:23

Lamech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words. For I killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

Matthew 19:8

He told them, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning.

Luke 1:7

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well on in years.

Luke 2:36

There was also a prophetess,  Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.  She was well on in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,  ,

Judges 13:2

There was a certain man from Zorah,  from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children.

Judges 8:30

Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.