² 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.

⁷ But they had no child, because ^(A)Elizabeth was barren, and ^(B)both were advanced in years.

⁸ He said to them, “Because of your ^(A)hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

² There was a certain man of ^(A)Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. ^(B)And his wife was barren and had no children.

³⁰ Now Gideon had ^(A)seventy sons, his own offspring,^[a] for he had many wives.

Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn

¹⁵ “If a man has two wives, ^(A)the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,^{[a] 16} then on the day when ^(B)he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, ¹⁷ but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is ^(C)the firstfruits of his strength. ^(D)The right of the firstborn is his.

Jacob's Children

³¹ When the Lord saw that Leah was ^(A)hated, ^(B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

²³ But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. ²⁴ (Laban gave^{[a] (A)}his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) ²⁵ And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?” ²⁶ Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. ^27 (B)Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.” ²⁸ Jacob did so, and completed her week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. ²⁹ (Laban gave ^(C)his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

²¹ And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And ^(A)the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Sarai and Hagar

16 ^(A)Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was ^(B)Hagar. ² And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children^[a] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.