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1 There was a man of one of the two Ramathaim Zophim, of mout Ephraim, named Elkana, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Thohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2 Which had two wyues, the one called Hanna, & the other Phenenna: And Phenenna had children, but Hanna had no children. 3 And this man went vp out of his citie euery yere, to worship and to sacrifice vnto the Lord of hoastes in Silo, where were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehes, the Lordes priestes. 4 And it fel on a day, that Elkana offered, and gaue to Phenenna his wyfe, and to all her sonnes and daughters, portions. 5 But vnto Hanna he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hanna, & the Lorde had made her barren. 6 And her enemie Phenenna vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren. 7 (And so dyd he yere by yere) and as oft as she wet vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept, and dyd not eate. 8 Then sayde Elkana her husband to her: Hanna, why wepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thine hearte troubled? Am not I better to thee then ten sonnes? 1 Samuel 1:1-8, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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