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1 Samuel 1:6-8
Contemporary English Version
1 Samuel 1:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 Peninnah liked to make Hannah feel miserable about not having any children, 7 especially when the family went to the house of the Lord[a] each year.
One day, Elkanah was there offering a sacrifice, when Hannah began crying and refused to eat. 8 So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”
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- 1.7 house of the Lord: Another name for the place of worship at Shiloh, which still may have been the sacred tent at this time.
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