Verse 5

But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb.

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  • Gen 30:2 : 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?'
  • Gen 43:34 : 34 Joseph sent portions from his table to them, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as anyone else's. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
  • Gen 45:22 : 22 To each of them, he gave a set of clothing, but to Benjamin, he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothing.
  • Deut 21:15 : 15 If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife,
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
  • Gen 29:30-31 : 30 Jacob was also with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years. 31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren.