5. But he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved her even though the Lord had kept her from conceiving.
6. Her rival would taunt her severely just to provoke her, because the Lord had kept Hannah from conceiving.
7. Whenever she went up to the Lord’s house, her rival taunted her in this way every year. Hannah wept and would not eat.
8. “Hannah, why are you crying? ” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than 10 sons? ”
9. Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s tabernacle.
10. Deeply hurt, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears.
11. Making a vow, she pleaded, “Lord of Hosts, if You will take notice of Your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give Your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”