1 Samuel 1:2 “He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninna…”

1 Samuel 1:2

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

World English Bible

He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

American Standard Version

and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he had two wiues: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Darby Translation

And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Young's Literal Translation

and he hath two wives, the name of the one [is] Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah, and Peninnah hath children, and Hannah hath no children.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“two”

Genesis 4:23 Genesis 29:23–29 Judges 8:30 Matthew 19:8 Genesis 4:19

Genesis 4:23 · BSB

Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

Genesis 29:23–29 · BSB

But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

Judges 8:30 · BSB

Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.

Matthew 19:8 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Genesis 4:19 · BSB

And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

“but”

Genesis 25:21 Genesis 29:31 Judges 13:2 Luke 1:7 Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:2

Genesis 25:21 · BSB

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 29:31 · BSB

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Judges 13:2 · BSB

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

Luke 1:7 · BSB

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

Genesis 16:1 · BSB

Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

Genesis 16:2 · BSB

So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Also

Deuteronomy 21:15–17 Luke 2:36

Deuteronomy 21:15–17 · BSB

If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

Luke 2:36 · BSB

There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

3Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

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