1 Samuel 1:6

And her aduersarie vexed her sore, forasmuch as she vpbraided her, because the Lord had made her barren.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

In Context

5But vnto Hannah he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hannah, and the Lord had made her barren.

7(And so did he yeere by yeere) and as oft as she went vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept and did not eate.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:18Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.

1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, Mine heart reioyceth in the Lord, mine horne is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged ouer mine enemies, because I reioyce in thy saluation.

Job 6:14He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of his neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie.

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 →

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