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The first book of Samuel, chapter 1.

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Now there was a certain man of Ramatham
Zophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was

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Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of
Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zeph,

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a Nephrithite.

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And he had two wives, the name of the one
was Hannah, and the name of the other

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Peninnah.

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And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had
no children.

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And this man went up out of his city
yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto

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the Lord of hosts in Shiloh.

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And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, the priests of the Lord,

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were there.

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And when the time was that Elkanah
offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife,

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and to all her sons and her daughters,
portions.

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But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion,
for he loved Hannah.

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But the Lord had shut up her womb.

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And her adversary also provoked her sore,
for to make her fret, because the Lord had

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shut up her womb.

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And as he did so year by year,
when she went up to the house of the Lord,

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so she provoked her.

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Therefore she wept and did not eat.

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Then said Elkanah her husband to her,
Hannah, why weepest thou?

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And why eatest thou not?

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And why is thy heart grieved?

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Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

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So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in
Shiloh, and after they had drunk.

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Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a
post of the temple of the Lord.

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And she was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

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And she vowed a vow, and said,
O Lord of hosts!

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If thou wilt indeed look on the affliction
of thine handmaid, and remember me,

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and not forget thine handmaid,
but will give unto thine handmaid a

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man-child, then I will give him unto the
Lord all the days of his life,

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and there shall no razor come upon his
head.

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And it came to pass, as she continued
praying before the Lord, that Eli marked

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her mouth.

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Now Hannah, she spake in her heart.

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Only her lips moved, but her voice was not
heard.

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Therefore Eli thought she had been
drunken.

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And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou
be drunken?

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Put away thy wine from thee.

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And Hannah answered and said, No,
my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful

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spirit.

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I have drunk neither wine nor strong
drink, but have poured out my soul before

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the Lord.

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Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of
Belial, for out of the abundance of my

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complaint and grief have I spoken
hitherto.

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Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace,
and the God of Israel grant thee thy

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petition that thou hast asked of him.

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And she said, Let thine handmaid find
grace in thy sight.

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So the woman went her way and did eat,
and her countenance was no more sad.

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And they rose up in the morning early and
worshipped before the Lord, and returned

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and came to their house to Ramah.

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And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife,
and the Lord remembered her.

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Wherefore it came to pass, when the time
was come about after Hannah had conceived,

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that she bear a son, and called his name
Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him

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of the Lord.

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And the man Elkanah and all his house went
up to offer unto the Lord the yearly

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sacrifice and his vow.

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But Hannah went not up, for she said unto
her husband, I will not go up until the

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child be weaned, and then I will bring
him, that he may appear before the Lord,

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and there abide for ever.

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And Elkanah her husband said unto her,
Do what seemeth thee good, tarry until

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thou have weaned him, only the Lord
establish his word.

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So the woman abode, and gave her son Sock
until she weaned him.

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And when she had weaned him, she took him
up with her, with three bullocks,

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and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of
wine, and brought him unto the house of

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the Lord in Shiloh.

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And the child was young.

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And they slew a bullock, and brought the
child to Eli.

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And she said, O my Lord, as thy soul
liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood

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by thee here, praying unto the Lord.

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For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath
given me my petition, which I asked of

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him.

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Therefore also I have lent him to the
Lord.

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As long as he liveth, he shall be lent to
the Lord.

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And he worshipped the Lord there.