1 Samuel 1:5

God's Word

He would also give one portion to Hannah because he loved her, even though the Lord had kept her from having children.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

Sarai was not able to have children.

Genesis 16:1

Sarai, Abram’s wife, was not able to have children. She owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Genesis 20:18

(The Lord had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech’s household to have children because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.)

Genesis 30:1

Rachel saw that she could not have children for Jacob, and she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with Rachel and asked, “Can I take the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Genesis 43:34

Joseph had portions of food brought to them from his table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times more than any of the others. So they ate and drank with Joseph until they were drunk.

Genesis 45:22

He gave each of them a change of clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothes.

Deuteronomy 21:15

A man might have two wives and love one but not the other. Both wives might have children, and the firstborn son might belong to the wife that the man doesn’t love.