1 Samuel 1

Now {there} was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name {was} Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

And two wives {were} to him. The name of the one {was} Hannah, and the name of the second {was} Peninnah. And children were to Peninnah, but to Hannah children {were} not. \*

And that man went up from his city from days to days to worship and to sacrifice to God of Armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to God, {were} there.

And it was the day, and Elkanah sacrificed, and he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all of her sons and her daughters. \*

But to Hannah he gave one portion {for} two faces, for he loved Hannah but God had shut her womb,

but her adversary also provoked her {with} provocation in order to make her thunder, because God had shut up her womb. \*

And thus he did year by year; according to her going up to the house of God, thus she would provoke her. And she wept and did not eat.

And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart bad? {Am} I not better for you than ten sons?” \*

And Hannah arose after eating and after drinking in Shiloh. (Now Eli the priest was sitting on a seat by the doorpost of the temple of God.)

And she {was} bitter of soul, and she prayed to God, and weeping, she wept.

And she vowed a vow, and she said, “God of Armies, if looking, you will look on the affliction of your female servant and remember me and not forget your female servant and give to your female servant a seed of men, then I will give him to God all of the days of his life, and a razor will not go up on his head.” \*

And it happened, as she made much to pray to the face of God, that Eli was watching her mouth.

Now Hannah, she was speaking in her heart. Only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard. So Eli considered her to {be} drunk.

And Eli said to her, “Until when will you make yourself drunk? Remove your wine from you!” \*

And Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, a woman sorrowful of spirit {am} I. And wine and beer I have not drunk, but I have been pouring out my soul to the face of God.

Do not give your female servant to the face of a daughter of wickedness. For from the abundance of my complaint and my provocation I have been speaking until now.” \*

And Eli answered and said, “Go in peace. And may the God of Israel grant your request that you requested from him.”

And she said, “May your maidservant find favor in your eyes.” And the woman went on her way, and she ate. And her face was no longer to her. \*

And they arose early in the morning and worshiped to the face of God. Then they returned and came to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and God remembered her.

And it happened, in the turning of the days, that Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, for “I requested him from God.” \*

And the man Elkanah and all of his house went up to sacrifice to God the sacrifice of the days and his vow.

But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, “Until the boy is weaned, then I will bring him. And he will be seen at the face of God and dwell there forever.”

And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do the good in your eyes. Stay until you have weaned him. Only may God raise up his word.” And the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him. \*

And she brought him up with her when she had weaned him, with three bulls and one ephah {of} flour and a skin of wine. And she brought him {to} the house of God {at} Shiloh. (Now the boy was a boy.)

And they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the boy to Eli. \*

And she said, “Please, my lord! The life of your soul, my lord, I {am} the woman having stationed herself with you in this {place} to pray to God.

For this boy I prayed, and God gave to me my request that I requested from him.

And also I have granted him to God; all of the days that he is, he {is} granted to God.” And he worshiped God there. \*