Peninnah

[zeborah]

Peninnah (1 Samuel 1:2-7) is the fortunate one of a certain man's two wives: she has children (at least four -- she has both sons and daughters), but her rival has none. She's not a good winner, and takes every opportunity to rub it in until her rival's in tears.

Of course then things change, history's written by the winners, and this book isn't about any of Peninnah's sons -- so who knows? Maybe she isn't as spiteful as is made out, or maybe she's got reason to be: the writer does admit that her husband gives her rival a double portion of meat "because he loved her".

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

A reminder of why the "marriage must be one man and one woman" definition isn't strictly Biblical . . .

[zeborah]

I think the Biblical definition is "marriage must be one man and his possession(s)", about which - no matter how much meat he gives them - I have certain scruples.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I can't *imagine* why . . .

:-)