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5 and to Hannah he gives a certain portion--double, for he has loved Hannah, and Yahweh has shut her womb;"
6 and her adversity has also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Yahweh has shut up her womb.
7 And so he does year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Yahweh, so it provokes her, and she weeps, and does not eat.
8 And Elkanah her husband said to her, `Hannah, why weep you? and why do you not eat? and why is your heart afflicted? am I not better to you than ten sons?.