1 Samuel 1:6

Modern English Version

Now her rival provoked her greatly, making her miserable because the Lord had closed her womb.

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”

2 Samuel 6:23

Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

Job 24:21

He preys on the barren who do not bear, and does no good for the widow.

Job 6:14

“A despairing man should be shown kindness from his friend, or he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Leviticus 18:18

And you shall not have a woman as a rival wife, who is the sister of your other wife, for this is to expose her nakedness while her sister, your other wife, is still alive.

Judges 11:37

Then she said to her father, “Let this be done for me: Give me two months, and I and my friends will wander the hill country and mourn over my virginity.”

1 Samuel 1:7

Thus it was yearly, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her. So Hannah wept and did not eat.

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah prayed, saying: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth is bold against my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation.