1 Samuel 1:5

WEB

⁵but he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.

KJV

⁵But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

BSB

⁵But to Hannah he would give a double portion,^[+] for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

FBV

⁵He would give an extra portion^[+] to Hannah, to show his love for her even though the Lord hadn't given her any children.

Extra References

Genesis 30:2

²Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 29:30-31

³⁰He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.

³¹The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 20:18

¹⁸For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 45:22

²²He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.

Genesis 16:1

¹Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 43:34

³⁴He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.

Deuteronomy 21:15

¹⁵If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated,