² And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

⁴¹ And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

³³ In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,

⁷ And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were `now' well stricken in years.

¹ Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

²¹ And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

² and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

³ And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.

⁴ And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

⁵ but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

⁶ And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.