1 Samuel 1:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:18 : 18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
  • Job 6:14 : 14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.
  • Job 24:21 : 21 He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

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  • 1 Sam 1:7-16
    10 verses
    85%

    7And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.

    8Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?

    9So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.

    10And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

    11And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

    12Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

    13For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

    14And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.

    15And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

    16Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

  • 1 Sam 1:4-5
    2 verses
    83%

    4And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:

    5But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.

  • 1 Sam 1:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

    23And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

  • 1 Sam 1:2
    71%

    2And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.

  • 1 Sam 1:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

    19And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.

    20Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

  • Gen 29:31
    70%

    31Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

  • Judg 16:16
    70%

    16So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.

  • Lam 1:5
    70%

    5Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.

  • 1 Sam 2:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.

    21And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.

  • Gen 30:2
    69%

    2But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

  • 1 Sam 2:1
    69%

    1And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

  • Gen 20:18
    69%

    18For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

    7And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • 1 Sam 1:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

    27My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

  • Hos 2:6
    68%

    6For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

  • Judg 11:36
    68%

    36And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.

  • Lam 1:17
    68%

    17Zion's hands are outstretched; she has no comforter; the Lord has given orders to the attackers of Jacob round about him: Jerusalem has become like an unclean thing among them.

  • Job 39:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

    17That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

  • Gen 30:23
    67%

    23And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

  • Gen 25:22
    67%

    22And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    67%

    56The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

    57And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

  • Lam 1:10
    67%

    10The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people.

  • Judg 13:3
    66%

    3And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.

  • Ps 113:9
    66%

    9He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Luke 18:5
    66%

    5Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
    66%

    5Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

  • Hos 9:14
    66%

    14O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.