Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 1:5

A church father on this verse
“Let us not take this with a grain of salt; instead let us learn also from this the highest values, and when we fall foul of some disaster, even if we are suffering grief and pain, even if the trouble seems insupportable to us, let us not be anxious or beside ourselves but wait on God's providence. He is well aware, af…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON HANNAH 1

Source: Septuagint

Original

5And to Hannah he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Elkanah loved Hannah more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.

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3And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Ramah, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Shiloh: and there were Eli and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord.

4And the day came, and Elkanah sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Peninnah and her children.

— 1 Samuel 1:5 —

6For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.

7So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat.

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