ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 1
1. Now there was a certain[H259] man[H376] of Ramathaim-zophim[H7436], of the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669], and his name[H8034] was Elkanah[H511], the son[H1121] of Jeroham[H3395], the son[H1121] of Elihu[H453], the son[H1121] of Tohu[H8459], the son[H1121] of Zuph[H6689], an Ephraimite[H673]:
2. and he had two[H8147] wives[H802]; the name[H8034] of the one[H259] was Hannah[H2584], and the name[H8034] of other[H8145] Peninnah[H6444]: and Peninnah[H6444] had children[H3206], but Hannah[H2584] had no children[H3206].
3. And this[H1931] man[H376] went up[H5927] out of his city[H5892] from year to year[H3117] to worship[H7812] and to sacrifice[H2076] unto Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] in Shiloh[H7887]. And the two[H8147] sons[H1121] of Eli[H5941], Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372], priests[H3548] unto Jehovah[H3068], were there.
4. And when the day[H3117] came that Elkanah[H511] sacrificed[H2076], he gave[H5414] to Peninnah[H6444] his wife[H802], and to all her sons[H1121] and her daughters[H1323], portions[H4490]:
5. but unto Hannah[H2584] he gave[H5414] a[H259] double[H639] portion[H4490]; for he loved[H157] Hannah[H2584], but Jehovah[H3068] had shut up[H5462] her womb[H7358].
6. And her rival[H6869] provoked[H3707] her sore[H3708], to make her fret[H7481], because Jehovah[H3068] had shut[H5462] up[H1157] her womb[H7358].
7. And as he did[H6213] so year[H8141] by year[H8141], when[H1767] she went up[H5927] to the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], so she provoked[H3707] her[H1058]; therefore she wept, and did not eat[H398].
8. And Elkanah[H511] her husband[H376] said[H559] unto her[H2584], Hannah, why weepest[H1058] thou[H398]? and why eatest thou not[H3824]? and why is thy heart grieved[H3415]? am not I better[H2896] to thee than ten[H6235] sons[H1121]?
9. So Hannah[H2584] rose up[H6965] after[H310] they had eaten[H398] in Shiloh[H7887], and after[H310] they had drunk[H8354]. Now Eli[H5941] the priest[H3548] was sitting[H3427] upon his seat[H3678] by the door-post[H4201] of the temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068].
10. And she was in bitterness[H4751] of soul[H5315], and prayed[H6419] unto Jehovah[H3068], and wept[H1058] sore[H1058].
11. And she vowed[H5087] a vow[H5088], and said[H559], O Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], if thou wilt indeed[H7200] look[H7200] on the affliction[H6040] of thy handmaid[H519], and remember[H2142] me[H7911], and not forget thy handmaid[H519], but wilt give[H5414] unto thy handmaid[H519] a man-child[H582], [H2233] then I will give[H5414] him unto Jehovah[H3068] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416], and there shall no razor[H4177] come[H5927] upon his head[H7218].
12. And it came to pass[H7235], as she continued praying[H6419] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], that Eli[H5941] marked[H8104] her mouth[H6310].
13. Now Hannah[H2584], she spake[H1696] in her heart[H3820]; only her lips[H8193] moved[H5128], but her voice[H6963] was not heard[H8085]: therefore Eli[H5941] thought[H2803] she had been drunken[H7910].
14. And Eli[H5941] said[H559] unto her[H7937], How long wilt thou be drunken? put away[H5493] thy wine from thee[H3196].
15. And Hannah[H2584] answered[H6030] and said[H559], No[H113], my lord, I am a woman[H802] of a sorrowful[H7186] spirit[H7307]: I have drunk[H8354] neither wine[H3196] nor strong drink[H7941], but I poured out[H8210] my soul[H5315] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068].
16. Count[H5414] not thy handmaid[H519] for[H6440] a wicked[H1100] woman[H1323]; for out of the abundance[H7230] of my complaint[H7879] and my provocation[H3708] have I spoken hitherto[H1696].
17. Then Eli[H5941] answered[H6030] and said[H559], Go[H3212] in peace[H7965]; and the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] grant[H5414] thy petition[H7596] that thou hast asked of him[H7592].
18. And she said[H559], Let thy handmaid[H8198] find[H4672] favor[H2580] in thy sight[H5869]. So the woman[H802] went[H3212] her way[H1870], and did eat[H398]; and her countenance was no more sad[H6440].
19. And they rose up[H7925] in the morning[H1242] early[H7925], and worshipped[H7812] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], and returned[H7725], and came[H935] to their house[H1004] to Ramah[H7414]: and Elkanah[H511] knew[H3045] Hannah[H2584] his wife[H802]; and Jehovah[H3068] remembered her[H2142].
20. And it came to pass[H3117], when the time was come[H8622] about[H2584], that Hannah conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]; and she called[H7121] his name[H8034] Samuel[H8050], saying[H7592], Because I have asked him of Jehovah[H3068].
21. And the man[H376] Elkanah[H511], and all his house[H1004], went up[H5927] to offer[H2076] unto Jehovah[H3068] the yearly[H3117] sacrifice[H2077], and his vow[H5088].
22. But Hannah[H2584] went not up[H5927]; for she said[H559] unto her husband[H376], I will not go up until the child[H5288] be weaned[H1580]; and then I will bring[H935] him[H7200], that he may appear before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], and there abide[H3427] for[H5704] ever[H5769].
23. And Elkanah[H511] her husband[H376] said[H559] unto her[H6213], Do what seemeth[H5869] thee good[H2896]; tarry[H3427] until thou have weaned[H1580] him[H3068]; only Jehovah establish[H6965] his word[H1697]. So the woman[H802] tarried[H3427] and gave her son[H1121] suck[H3243], until she weaned him[H1580].
24. And when she had weaned[H1580] him[H5927], she took him up with her[H7969], with three bullocks[H6499], and one[H259] ephah[H374] of meal[H7058], and a bottle[H5035] of wine[H3196], and brought[H935] him unto the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] in Shiloh[H7887]: and the child[H5288] was young[H5288].
25. And they slew[H7819] the bullock[H6499], and brought[H935] the child[H5288] to Eli[H5941].
26. And she said[H559], Oh[H994], my lord[H113], as thy soul[H5315] liveth[H2416], my lord[H113], I am the woman[H802] that stood[H5324] by thee here[H6419], praying unto Jehovah[H3068].
27. For this child[H5288] I prayed[H6419]; and Jehovah[H3068] hath given[H5414] me my petition[H7596] which I asked of him[H7592]:
28. therefore also I have granted[H7592] him to Jehovah[H3068]; as long as he liveth[H3117] he is granted[H7592] to Jehovah[H3068]. And he worshipped[H7812] Jehovah there[H3068].
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