Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to you than ten sons?
"First, we are told twice that ’The Lord had closed her womb’ (1 Samuel 1:5-6). . . . Second, while it is Yahweh who has created Hannah’s problem, Hannah’s response is not against Yahweh, but against Peninnah (1 Samuel 1:6-7). . . .