And her adversary also provoked her sore. —Jealousy, grief, anger, malice, the many bitter fruits of this way of living, …

And her adversary also provoked her sore
That is, Peninnah, the other wife of Elkanah; for when a man had more wives…

Elkanah maintained his attendance at God's altar, despite the unhappy differences in his family. If a family's devotions do not prevail to end its …