God's Word Translation

1 Samuel 1:2-6 God's Word Translation (GW)

2. Elkanah had two wives, one named Hannah, the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

3. Every year this man would go from his own city to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Armies at Shiloh. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served there as priests of the Lord.

4. Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he would give portions of it to his wife Peninnah and all her sons and daughters.

5. He would also give one portion to Hannah because he loved her, even though the Lord had kept her from having children.

6. Because the Lord had made her unable to have children, her rival ⌊Peninnah⌋ tormented her endlessly in order to make her miserable.