⁶ Her rival would provoke her severely so that she complained loudly^[a] because the Lord had closed her womb. ⁷ Elkanah^[b] would do this year after year, as often as Hannah^[c] went up to the house of the Lord. Likewise, Peninnah^[d] would provoke her, and Hannah^[e] would cry and would not eat. ⁸ Elkanah her husband told her, “Hannah, why are you crying and why don’t you eat? Why are you upset?^[f] Am I not better to you than ten sons?”