1 Samuel 1:5 - Plain English Version

⁵ His other wife, Hannah, had no kids. You see, before this time, God stopped her from having kids. But Elkanah loved her very much, so he used to give lots of meat to her.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ but unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ But to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had given her no children.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Common English Bible

⁵ But he would give only one part of it to Hannah, though he loved her, because the LORD had kept her from conceiving.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But to Hannah he gave one portion with sorrow. For he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 1:5 Cross References

Genesis 11:30

but Abram and Sarai didn’t have any kids. Sarai just couldn’t have a baby.

Genesis 16:1

Abram and Sarai lived in that Canaan country, and after they were there for 10 years, they still had no kids. Sarai had a woman from Egypt working for her, called Hagar. She was Sarai’s slave. That means Sarai owned Hagar, and Hagar had to do everything that Sarai told her to do. Sarai was sad because she had no kids, but she got an idea about how to get a baby for herself. So she said to Abram, “God has stopped me from having my own kids. But listen. I want you to sleep with Hagar, like she is your wife. You see, she belongs to me, so if she has a baby, that baby will really belong to me.” So Abram did that, just like Sarai said.

Genesis 30:1

Leah already had 4 kids with Jacob, but her sister Rachel didn’t have any kids. So Rachel got jealous of Leah. Then Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me kids. If you don’t, I will be so sad that I will die.”

Genesis 30:2

Then Jacob got angry with Rachel. Jacob said, “God is the one that stopped you from having kids. I can’t change that. I’m not God.”

Genesis 43:34

Then Joseph’s workers got food from Joseph’s table, and they gave that food to Joseph’s brothers. But they gave Benjamin more food than all the others. They gave Benjamin 5 lunches just for him. And all of Joseph’s brothers, they drank a lot of wine with Joseph, and they felt very happy.

Genesis 45:22

And he gave them all some new clothes. But he gave Benjamin more clothes than all the others. Yes, he gave Benjamin 5 sets of clothes. He also gave Benjamin 300 pieces of silver money.