1 Samuel 1:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved her even though the Lord had kept her from conceiving. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had given her no children. American Standard Version (1901) but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb. Common English Bible But he would give only one part of it to Hannah, though he loved her, because the LORD had kept her from conceiving. Catholic Public Domain Version But to Hannah he gave one portion with sorrow. For he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb. |
Abram’s wife, Sarai, had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
for the Lord had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. ‘Give me sons, or I will die! ’ she said to Jacob.
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, ‘Am I in the place of God? He has withheld offspring from you! ’
Portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, and Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of theirs. They drank and became drunk with Joseph.
He gave each of the brothers changes of clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothes.
‘If a man has two wives, one loved and the other neglected, and both the loved and the neglected bear him sons, and if the neglected wife has the firstborn son,