5. but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had shut up her womb.
6. Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
7. So year by year, when she went up to the Lord’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
8. Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
9. So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.