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Each time Elkanah offered his sacrifice, he would give one share of the meat to Peninnah and one share to each of her children. And even though he loved Hannah very much he would give her only one share, because[a] the Lord had kept her from having children. Peninnah, her rival, would torment and humiliate her, because the Lord had kept her childless.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 And even … because; or To Hannah, however, he would give a special share, because he loved her very much, even though.

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