1 Samuel 1:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And her rival used to provoke her sorely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

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

2 Samuel 6:23

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

Job 24:21

“They feed on the barren childless woman, and do no good to the widow.

Job 6:14

“He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Leviticus 18:18

And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is yet alive.

Judges 11:37

And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.”

1 Samuel 1:7

So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah also prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in thy salvation.