Rachel saw that she was not giving Jacob any children. Rachel became jealous of her sister Leah. So Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children or I will die!”
1 Samuel 1:6 - Easy To Read Version Peninnah always upset Hannah and made her feel bad. Peninnah did this because Hannah was not able to have children. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [This embarrassed and grieved Hannah] and her rival provoked her greatly to vex her, because the Lord had left her childless. American Standard Version (1901) And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. Common English Bible And because the LORD had kept Hannah from conceiving, her rival would make fun of her mercilessly, just to bother her. Catholic Public Domain Version And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb. |
Rachel saw that she was not giving Jacob any children. Rachel became jealous of her sister Leah. So Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children or I will die!”
Saul’s daughter Michal never had a child. She died without having any children.
Evil people hurt women\par who can’t have children.\par And they refuse to help women\par whose husbands are dead.\par
“A person’s friends should be kind\par to him if he has troubles.\par A person should be loyal to his friend,\par even if that friend turned away from \{God\} All-Powerful.\par
“While your wife is still living, you must not take her sister as {another} wife. This will make the sisters become enemies. You must not have sexual relations with [325] your wife’s sister.
Then Jephthah’s daughter said to her father, “But do this one thing for me first. Let me be alone for two months. Let me go to the mountains. I will not marry and have children, so let me and my friends go and cry together.”
The same thing happened every year. Every time their family went to the Lord’s house at Shiloh, Peninnah made Hannah upset. One day Elkanah was giving sacrifices. [7] Hannah became upset and began to cry. Hannah would not eat anything.