1 Samuel 1:5

English Standard Version 2016

But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.

Cross References

Genesis 30:2

Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 45:22

To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 43:34

Portions were taken to them from Joseph’s table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him.

Deuteronomy 21:15

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

Genesis 11:30

Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.