Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A)

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And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

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This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(A)

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And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

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27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”(A)

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27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

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