1 Samuel 1:5–11

⁵but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, ^abut Yahweh had closed her womb.

⁶Her rival, however, ^awould provoke her bitterly to irritate her because Yahweh had closed her womb.

⁷And so it would happen year after year, as often as she went up to the house of Yahweh, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

⁸Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? ^aAm I not better to you than ten sons?”

⁹Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of ^athe temple of Yahweh.

¹⁰And she, bitter of soul, prayed to Yahweh and wept despondently.

¹¹And she ^amade a vow and said, “O Yahweh of hosts, if You will indeed ^blook on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a seed amongst men, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and ^ca razor shall never come on his head.”