1 Samuel 1:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ but to Hannah he gave a double portion,^[a] because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. ⁶ Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. ⁷ So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.