5. but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
6. And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
7. And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8. And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?