1 Samuel 1:2
New International Version
He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

New Living Translation
Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not.

English Standard Version
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.

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

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And 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.

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

NASB 1995
He had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

NASB 1977
And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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

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

Christian Standard Bible
He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he had two wives; the name of one, Khanna, and the name of the other, Pannana, and Pannana had children and Khanna had no children

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Anna, and the name of the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.

Contemporary English Version
Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Although Peninnah had children, Hannah did not have any.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Elkanah had two wives, one named Hannah, the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

Good News Translation
Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not.

International Standard Version
He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
and he has two wives, the name of the first [is] Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah, and Peninnah has children, and Hannah has no children.

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

New American Bible
He had two wives, one named Hannah, the other Peninnah; Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

NET Bible
He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

New Revised Standard Version
He had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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

Webster's Bible 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.

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.

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.

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Context
Elkanah and His Wives
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. 2He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. 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.…

Cross References
Luke 2:36
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,

Deuteronomy 21:15
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,


Treasury of Scripture

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.

two

Genesis 4:19,23
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah…

Genesis 29:23-29
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her…

Judges 8:30
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

but

Genesis 16:1,2
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar…

Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 29:31
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

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1 Samuel 1
1. Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh
4. He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah
9. Hannah in grief prays for a child
12. Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her
19. Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned
24. She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord














(2) And he had two wives.--The primeval Divine ordination, we know, gave its sanction alone to monogamy. The first who seems to have violated God's original ordinance appears to have been Lamech, of the family of Cain (Genesis 4:19). The practice apparently had become general throughout the East when the Mosaic Law was formulated. In this Divine code it is noticeable that while polygamy is accepted as a custom everywhere prevailing, it is never approved. The laws of Moses--as in the case of another universally accepted practice, slavery--simply seek to restrict and limit it by wise and humane regulations. The inspired writer in this narrative of the home life of Elkanah of "Ramah of the Watchers" quietly shows up the curse which almost invariably attended this miserable violation of the relations of the home life to which in the old Eden days the eternal law had given its sanction and blessing. The Old Testament Book contains many of these gently-worded but fire-tipped rebukes of sin and frailty--sins condoned and even approved by the voice of mankind.

Peninnah.--Hannah signifies grace or favour, and has ever been a favourite name among the women of the East. It was the name of the Punic Queen Dido's sister, Anna. The traditional mother of the Virgin Mary was named Anna. (See Luke 2:36.) Peninnah is translated by some scholars "coral;" according to others it signifies "pearl." We have adopted the same name under the modem "Margaret."

Verse 2. - As a wealthy man, Elkanah had two wives, Hannah - the Anna of Virgil, who very properly gives this name to the sister of the Phoenician Dido, the language of Phoenicia being identical with Hebrew - and Peninnah. The word Hannah signifies gracefulness, while Peulnnah is the red pearl, translated coral in Job 28:18, but ruby in Proverbs 3:15, etc. Its ruddy colour is vouched for in Lamentations 4:7. The Hebrew names for women generally bear witness to the affection and respect felt for them; while those for men are usually religious. Though polygamy was a licence permitted to the Jews, it does not seem to have been generally indulged in, except by the kings. Here, as elsewhere, it was the ruin of family life. In Christianity it was marked for final extinction by the rule that no polygamist should be admitted even to the diaconate, and much less to higher office (1 Timothy 3:2, 12).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He had
וְלוֹ֙ (wə·lōw)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

two
שְׁתֵּ֣י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

wives,
נָשִׁ֔ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

one
אַחַת֙ (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

named
שֵׁ֤ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

Hannah
חַנָּ֔ה (ḥan·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2584: Hannah -- mother of Samuel

and the other
הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית (haš·šê·nîṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

Peninnah.
פְּנִנָּ֑ה (pə·nin·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6444: Peninnah -- wife of Elkanah

And Peninnah
לִפְנִנָּה֙ (lip̄·nin·nāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6444: Peninnah -- wife of Elkanah

had
וַיְהִ֤י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

children,
יְלָדִ֔ים (yə·lā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

but Hannah
וּלְחַנָּ֖ה (ū·lə·ḥan·nāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2584: Hannah -- mother of Samuel

had none.
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle


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