Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
A worthy portion
He loved
Shut up
Bible References
A worthy portion
Genesis 43:34
He took portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
Genesis 45:22
To each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.
He loved
Genesis 29:30
So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.
Deuteronomy 21:15
“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,
Shut up
Genesis 20:18 For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Genesis 30:2
Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”