30 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban (A)for another seven years.

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33 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:33 Simeon sounds like the Hebrew for heard

On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, (A)he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb

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