1 Samuel 1:5
And to Anna he gave + 1:5 Gr. one portion.a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
In Context
4And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children.
Cross References
Genesis 11:30And Sara was barren, and did not bear children.
Genesis 20:18Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarrha Abraam's wife.
Genesis 30:2And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
Genesis 45:22And he gave to them all two sets of raiment apiece; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold, and five changes of raiment.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:2-9
First Samuel This book, and that which follows it, bear the name of Samuel in the title, not because he was the penman of them (except of so much of them as fell within his own time, to the twenty-fifth chapter of the first book, in which we have an account of his death), but because the first book begins with a large account of him, his birth and childhood, his life and government; and the rest of these two volumes that are denominated from him contains the history of the reigns of Saul and David, who were both… Read the whole commentary →