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Chapter 1
- 1:1
- Now there was a certain man of
Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son
of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an
Ephrathite:
- 1:2
- And he had two wives; the name of
the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah
had children, but Hannah had no children.
- 1:3
- And this man went up out of his
city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in
Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of
the LORD, were there.
- 1:4
- And when the time was that Elkanah
offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her
daughters, portions:
- 1:5
- But unto Hannah he gave a worthy
portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
- 1:6
- And her adversary also provoked
her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
- 1:7
- And as he did so year by year,
when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her;
therefore she wept, and did not eat.
- 1:8
- Then said Elkanah her husband to
her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy
heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
- 1:9
- So Hannah rose up after they had
eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon
a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
- 1:10
- And she was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
- 1:11
- And she vowed a vow, and said, O
LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine
handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt
give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the
LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his
head.
- 1:12
- And it came to pass, as she
continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
- 1:13
- Now Hannah, she spake in her
heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli
thought she had been drunken.
- 1:14
- And Eli said unto her, How long
wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
- 1:15
- And Hannah answered and said, No,
my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine
nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- 1:16
- Count not thine handmaid for a
daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief
have I spoken hitherto.
- 1:17
- Then Eli answered and said, Go in
peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast
asked of him.
- 1:18
- And she said, Let thine handmaid
find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and
her countenance was no more sad.
- 1:19
- And they rose up in the morning
early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their
house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD
remembered her.
- 1:20
- Wherefore it came to pass, when
the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a
son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of
the LORD.
- 1:21
- And the man Elkanah, and all his
house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his
vow.
- 1:22
- But Hannah went not up; for she
said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and
then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there
abide for ever.
- 1:23
- And Elkanah her husband said unto
her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only
the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck
until she weaned him.
- 1:24
- And when she had weaned him, she
took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and
a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in
Shiloh: and the child was young.
- 1:25
- And they slew a bullock, and
brought the child to Eli.
- 1:26
- And she said, Oh my lord, as thy
soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying
unto the LORD.
- 1:27
- For this child I prayed; and the
LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
- 1:28
- Therefore also I have lent him to
the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he
worshipped the LORD there.
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