Elkanah and His Family at Ramah

1 Samuel 1:1-8

There was a man from Ramatayim-Tzofim, in the hills of Efrayim, whose name was Elkanah the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Tzuf, from Efrat.

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other P'ninah. P'ninah had children, but Hannah had no children.

This man went up from his city every year to worship and sacrifice to ADONAI-Tzva'ot in Shiloh. The two sons of 'Eli, Hofni and Pinchas, were cohanim of ADONAI there.

One day, when Elkanah was sacrificing, he gave a portion of the sacrifice to his wife P'ninah and portions to each of her sons and daughters;

but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved Hannah, even though ADONAI had kept her from having children.

Her rival taunted her and made her feel bad, because ADONAI had kept her from having children.

He did the same every year; and each time she went up to the house of ADONAI, she taunted her so much that she would cry and not eat.

Her husband Elkanah said to her, "Hannah, why are you crying, and why aren't you eating? Why be so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

Elkanah and His Family at Ramah

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