"Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. 7 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." vv.6-7
Read chapter 1
Hannah means grace in Hebrew and we see such grace given to her both by her husband and the Lord. How hard would it be to be Hannah or Penninah having to share one husband. Notice the bitterness, anger, jealousy, malice is between the two wives rather than at the husband who was the one treating each wife differently and the cause for these feelings. So sad to see how evil women can be to each other, differently than men that would physically fight, woman go at the feelings and heart to hurt someone. Bullying to the point of Hannah hurting herself by not eating. Penninah who had children and provision but not love from her husband uses where she knows she has power in and hides what she truly desires. Whereas Hannah is loved by her husband but desires children. Neither seem to be "winning." They're focused on what they don't have rather than what they do. Who can you relate to Hannah or Penninah both by how you either feel loved or not, have blessings or not, bully or bullied?
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