And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[a] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:2 Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children

so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(A) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(B)

Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb

But to Hannah he gave a double portion(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.(B)

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