New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Samuel 1:3-21

3Now this man would go up from his city 1yearly 2to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of armies in 3Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the Lord there. 4When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he 4would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters; 5but to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, 5but the Lord had closed her womb. 6Her rival, moreover, 6would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7And it happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat. 8Then Elkanah her husband would say to her, “Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you not eat, and why is your heart sad? 7Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

9Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of 8the 9temple of the Lord. 10She, 10greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. 11And she 11made a vow and said, “Lord of armies, if You will indeed 12look on the affliction of Your bond-servant and remember me, and not forget Your bond-servant, but will give Your bond-servant a 13son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and 14a razor shall never come on his head.”

12Now it came about, as she 15continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth. 13As for Hannah, 16she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were quivering, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought that she was drunk. 14Then Eli said to her, “17How long will you behave like a drunk? Get rid of your wine!” 15But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I am a woman 18despairing in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I 19have poured out my soul before the Lord. 16Do not 20consider your bond-servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.” 17Then Eli answered and said, “21Go in peace; and may the God of Israel 22grant your request that you have asked of Him.” 18She said, “23Let your bond-servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went on her way and ate, and 24her face was no longer sad.

19Then they got up early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in 25Ramah. And Elkanah 26had relations with Hannah his wife, and 27the Lord remembered her. 20It came about 28in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “29Because I have asked for him of the Lord.”

21Then the man Elkanah 30went up with all his household to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.

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Notes

1. 1 Samuel 1:3 Ex 34:23; 1 Sam 1:21; Luke 2:41 ↩
2. 1 Samuel 1:3 Ex 23:14; Deut 12:5-7; 16:16 ↩
3. 1 Samuel 1:3 Josh 18:1 ↩
4. 1 Samuel 1:4 Deut 12:17, 18 ↩
5. 1 Samuel 1:5 Gen 16:1; 30:1 ↩
6. 1 Samuel 1:6 Job 24:21 ↩
7. 1 Samuel 1:8 Ruth 4:15 ↩
8. 1 Samuel 1:9 1 Sam 3:3 ↩
9. 1 Samuel 1:9 I.e., tabernacle ↩
10. 1 Samuel 1:10 Lit bitter of soul ↩
11. 1 Samuel 1:11 Num 30:6-11 ↩
12. 1 Samuel 1:11 Gen 29:32 ↩
13. 1 Samuel 1:11 Lit seed of men ↩
14. 1 Samuel 1:11 Num 6:5; Judg 13:5 ↩
15. 1 Samuel 1:12 Lit multiplied ↩
16. 1 Samuel 1:13 Gen 24:42-45 ↩
17. 1 Samuel 1:14 Acts 2:4, 13 ↩
18. 1 Samuel 1:15 Lit hard ↩
19. 1 Samuel 1:15 Job 30:16; Ps 42:4; 62:8; Lam 2:19 ↩
20. 1 Samuel 1:16 Lit give ↩
21. 1 Samuel 1:17 Judg 18:6; 1 Sam 25:35; 2 Kin 5:19; Mark 5:34; Luke 7:50 ↩
22. 1 Samuel 1:17 Ps 20:3-5 ↩
23. 1 Samuel 1:18 Gen 33:15; Ruth 2:13 ↩
24. 1 Samuel 1:18 Rom 15:13 ↩
25. 1 Samuel 1:19 1 Sam 1:1; 2:11 ↩
26. 1 Samuel 1:19 Lit knew Hannah ↩
27. 1 Samuel 1:19 Gen 21:1; 30:22 ↩
28. 1 Samuel 1:20 Lit at the circuit of the days ↩
29. 1 Samuel 1:20 Gen 41:51, 52; Ex 2:10, 22; Matt 1:21 ↩
30. 1 Samuel 1:21 Deut 12:11; 1 Sam 1:3 ↩

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