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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A certain man lived in Ramathaim-zophim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim. He was Jeroham's son Elkanah, the grandson of Elihu and grandson of Tohu, who was the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3That man would go up from his town each year to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons Hophni and Phineas served as priests of the LORD. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4On the day when Elkanah offered sacrifices, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters, |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5but he would give twice as much to Hannah because he loved her. Now the LORD had closed her womb. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Her rival would provoke her severely so that she complained loudly because the LORD had closed her womb. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Elkanah would do this year after year, as often as Hannah went up to the house of the LORD. Likewise, Peninnah would provoke her, and Hannah would cry and would not eat. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Elkanah her husband told her, "Hannah, why are you crying and why don't you eat? Why are you upset? Am I not better to you than ten sons?" |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Hannah got up after she had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the chair by the doorpost of the tent of the LORD. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Deeply distressed, she prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Hannah made a vow: "LORD of the Heavenly Armies, if you just look at the misery of your maid servant, remember me, and don't forget your maid servant. If you give your maid servant a son, then I'll give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and a razor is never to touch his head." |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12As she continued to pray in the LORD's presence, Eli was watching her mouth. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Hannah was praying inwardly. Her lips were quivering, and her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Eli told her, "How long will you stay drunk? Put away your wine!" |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"No, sir!" Hannah replied. "I'm a deeply troubled woman. I've drunk neither wine nor beer. I've been pouring out my soul in the LORD's presence. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Don't consider your maid servant a worthless woman. Rather, all this time I've been speaking because I'm very anxious and distressed." |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"Go in peace," Eli answered. "May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him." |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18She said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then she went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19They got up early the next morning and worshipped in the LORD's presence, and then they returned and came to their house at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20By the time of the next year's sacrifice, Hannah had become pregnant and had borne a son. She named him Samuel because she said, "I asked the LORD for him." |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Then Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the yearly sacrifice to the LORD and pay his vow. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Hannah did not go up because she had told her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I'll take him to appear in the LORD's presence and remain there forever. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23"Do what you want," Elkanah told her. "Stay until you have weaned him, only may the LORD bring about what you've said." So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Then, when she had weaned him, she brought him up with her to Shiloh, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh, and the boy was young. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25They slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Hannah said, "Sir, as surely as you are alive, I'm the woman who stood before you here praying to the LORD. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27I prayed for this boy, and the LORD granted me the request I asked of him. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Now I'm dedicating him to the LORD, and as long as he lives, he will be dedicated to the LORD." Then they worshipped the LORD there. |
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