1 Samuel 1:5Conservative English VersionBut he gave Hannah even more, because he loved Hannah very much, even though the LORD had kept her from having children of her own. See the chapter |
Suppose a man has two wives and loves one more than the other. The first son of either wife is the man's first-born son, even if the boy's mother is the wife the man doesn't love. Later, when the man is near death and is dividing up his property, he must give a double share to his first-born son, simply because he was the first to be born.