6. And her rival provoked her to anger and sorrow because the Lord had shut up her womb.
7. And this would happen year by year when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she would provoke her; therefore, she would weep and not eat.
8. Then Elkanah, her husband, said to her, Hannah, why dost thou weep? And why dost thou not eat? And why is thy heart grieved? Am I not better to thee than ten sons?
9. So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
10. And she was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore;