1 Samuel 1:5

New Century Version

But Elkanah always gave a special share of the meat to Hannah, because he loved Hannah and because 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, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.

Genesis 20:18

The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelech’s house from having children as a punishment on Abimelech for taking Abraham’s wife Sarah.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she was not having children for Jacob, she envied her sister Leah. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with her and said, “Can I do what only God can do? He is the one who has kept you from having children.”

Genesis 43:34

Food from Joseph’s table was taken to them, but Benjamin was given five times more food than the others. Joseph’s brothers ate and drank freely with him.

Genesis 45:22

He gave each brother a change of clothes, but he gave Benjamin five changes of clothes and about seven and one-half pounds of silver.

Deuteronomy 21:15

A man might have two wives, one he loves and one he doesn’t. Both wives might have sons by him. If the older son belongs to the wife he does not love,