<vn='1'>Now there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="259">certain</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="7436">Ramathaim</s> -zophim, of <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and his <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="511">Elkanah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3395">Jeroham</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="453">Elihu</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8459">Tohu</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6689">Zuph</s>, an <sn="6733">Ephrathite</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he had <sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">wives</s>; the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="259">one</s> was <sn="2584">Hannah</s>, and the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="8145">other</s><sn="6444">Peninnah</s>: and <sn="6444">Peninnah</s><sn="1961">had</s><sn="3206">children</s>, but <sn="2584">Hannah</s> had <sn="369">no</s><sn="3206">children</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="1931">this</s><sn="376">man</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> out of his <sn="4480 5892">city</s><sn="4480 3117 3117">yearly</s> to <sn="7812">worship</s> and to <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>. And the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="5941">Eli</s>, <sn="2652">Hophni</s> and <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>, the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, were <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And when the <sn="3117">time</s><sn="1961">was</s> that <sn="511">Elkanah</s><sn="2076">offered</s>, he <sn="5414">gave</s> to <sn="6444">Peninnah</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>, and to <sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="1121">sons</s> and her <sn="1323">daughters</s>, <sn="4490">portions</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>But unto <sn="2584">Hannah</s> he <sn="5414">gave</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="639">worthy</s><sn="4490">portion</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="157">loved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2584">Hannah</s>: but the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had shut <sn="5462">up</s> her <sn="7358">womb</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And her <sn="6869">adversary</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="3707">provoked</s> her <sn="3708">sore</s>, for <sn="5668">to</s> make her <sn="7481">fret</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had shut <sn="5462 1157">up</s> her <sn="7358">womb</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And as he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s><sn="8141">year</s> by <sn="8141">year</s>, <sn="4480 1767">when</s> she went <sn="5927">up</s> to the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> she <sn="3707">provoked</s> her; therefore she <sn="1058">wept</s>, and did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="511">Elkanah</s> her <sn="376">husband</s> to her, <sn="2584">Hannah</s>, <sn="4100">why</s><sn="1058">weepest</s> thou? and <sn="4100">why</s><sn="398">eatest</s> thou <sn="3808">not</s>? and <sn="4100">why</s> is thy <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="7489">grieved</s>? am <sn="3808">not</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="2896">better</s> to thee than <sn="4480 6235">ten</s><sn="1121">sons</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>So <sn="2584">Hannah</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s><sn="310">after</s> they had <sn="398">eaten</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, and <sn="310">after</s> they had <sn="8354">drunk</s>. Now <sn="5941">Eli</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">upon</s> a <sn="3678">seat</s><sn="5921">by</s> a <sn="4201">post</s> of the <sn="1964">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1931">she</s> was in <sn="4751">bitterness</s> of <sn="5315">soul</s>, and <sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and wept <sn="1058 1058">sore</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And she <sn="5087">vowed</s> a <sn="5088">vow</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt indeed <sn="7200 7200">look</s> on the <sn="6040">affliction</s> of thine <sn="519">handmaid</s>, and <sn="2142">remember</s> me, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7911">forget</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="519">handmaid</s>, but wilt <sn="5414">give</s> unto thine <sn="519">handmaid</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="2233">child</s>, then I will <sn="5414">give</s> him unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="2416">life</s>, and there shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="4177">razor</s><sn="5927">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">as</s> she <sn="7235">continued</s><sn="6419">praying</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="8104">marked</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Now <sn="2584">Hannah</s>, <sn="1931">she</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5921">in</s> her <sn="3820">heart</s>; <sn="7535">only</s> her <sn="8193">lips</s><sn="5128">moved</s>, but her <sn="6963">voice</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">heard</s>: therefore <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="2803">thought</s> she had been <sn="7910">drunken</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="5704">How</s><sn="4970">long</s> wilt thou be <sn="7937">drunken</s>? put <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="3196">wine</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> thee. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="2584">Hannah</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3808">No</s>, my <sn="113">lord</s>, I am a <sn="802">woman</s> of a <sn="7186">sorrowful</s><sn="7307">spirit</s>: <sn="595">I</s> have <sn="8354">drunk</s><sn="3808">neither</s><sn="3196">wine</s> nor strong <sn="7941">drink</s>, but have poured <sn="8210">out</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="5414">Count</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="519">handmaid</s><sn="6440">for</s> a daughter of <sn="1323 1100">Belial</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> out of the <sn="4480 7230">abundance</s> of my <sn="7879">complaint</s> and <sn="3708">grief</s> have I <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5704 6258">hitherto</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s>: and the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5414">grant</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="7596">petition</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="4480 5973">of</s> him. </v>
<vn='18'>And she <sn="559">said</s>, Let thine <sn="8198">handmaid</s><sn="4672">find</s><sn="2580">grace</s> in thy <sn="5869">sight</s>. So the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="1980">went</s> her <sn="1870">way</s>, and did <sn="398">eat</s>, and her <sn="6440">countenance</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> sad. </v>
<vn='19'>And they rose up in the morning <sn="7925 1242">early</s>, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> their <sn="1004">house</s> to <sn="7414">Ramah</s>: and <sn="511">Elkanah</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2584">Hannah</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2142">remembered</s> her. </v>
<vn='20'>Wherefore it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when the <sn="3117">time</s> was <sn="8622">come</s> about after <sn="2584">Hannah</s> had <sn="2029">conceived</s>, that she <sn="3205">bore</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, saying, <sn="3588">Because</s> I have <sn="7592">asked</s> him of the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="376">man</s><sn="511">Elkanah</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>, went <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="2076">offer</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3117">yearly</s><sn="2077">sacrifice</s>, and his <sn="5088">vow</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>But <sn="2584">Hannah</s> went not <sn="5927 3808">up</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> she <sn="559">said</s> unto her <sn="376">husband</s>, I will not go up <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="5288">child</s> be <sn="1580">weaned</s>, and then I will <sn="935">bring</s> him, that he may <sn="7200">appear</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s><sn="3427">abide</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="511">Elkanah</s> her <sn="376">husband</s><sn="559">said</s> unto her, <sn="6213">Do</s> what <sn="5869">seemeth</s> thee <sn="2896">good</s>; <sn="3427">tarry</s><sn="5704">until</s> thou have <sn="1580">weaned</s> him; <sn="389">only</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6965">establish</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1697">word</s>. So the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="3427">abode</s>, and gave her son <sn="3243 *853 1121">suck</s><sn="5704">until</s> she <sn="1580">weaned</s> him. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="834">when</s> she had <sn="1580">weaned</s> him, she took him <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5973">with</s> her, with <sn="7969">three</s><sn="6499">bullocks</s>, and <sn="259">one</s><sn="374">ephah</s> of <sn="7058">flour</s>, and a <sn="5035">bottle</s> of <sn="3196">wine</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> him unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>: and the <sn="5288">child</s> was <sn="5288">young</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And they <sn="7819">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="6499">bullock</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And she <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="994">Oh</s> my <sn="113">lord</s>, as thy <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, my <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="802">woman</s> that <sn="5324">stood</s><sn="5973">by</s> thee <sn="2088">here</s>, <sn="6419">praying</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="413">For</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5288">child</s> I <sn="6419">prayed</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> me <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="7596">petition</s><sn="834">which</s> I <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="4480 5973">of</s> him: </v>
<vn='28'>Therefore <sn="1571">also</s><sn="595">I</s> have <sn="7592">lent</s> him to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; as <sn="3605">long</s><sn="834">as</s> he <sn="3117">liveth</s><sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="7592">lent</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And he <sn="7812">worshiped</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>