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Now there was a certain[H259]man[H376] of Ramathaimzophim[H7436], of mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669], and his name[H8034] was Elkanah[H511], the son[H1121] of Jeroham[H3395], the son[H1121] of Elihu[H453], the son[H1121] of Tohu[H8459], the son[H1121] of Zuph[H6689], an Ephrathite[H673]:
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And he had two[H8147]wives[H802]; the name[H8034] of the one[H259] was Hannah[H2584], and the name[H8034] of the other[H8145]Peninnah[H6444]: and Peninnah[H6444] had children[H3206], but Hannah[H2584] had no children[H3206].
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And this[H1931]man[H376] went up[H5927] out of his city[H5892]yearly[H3117] to worship[H7812] and to sacrifice[H2076] unto the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] in Shiloh[H7887]. And the two[H8147]sons[H1121] of Eli[H5941], Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372], the priests[H3548] of the LORD[H3068], were there.
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And when the time[H3117] was that Elkanah[H511]offered[H2076], he gave[H5414] to Peninnah[H6444] his wife[H802], and to all her sons[H1121] and her daughters[H1323], portions[H4490]:
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But unto Hannah[H2584] he gave[H5414]a[H259]worthy[H639]portion[H4490]; for he loved[H157]Hannah[H2584]: but the LORD[H3068] had shut up[H5462] her womb[H7358].
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And her adversary[H6869] also provoked[H3707] her sore[H3708], for to make her fret[H7481], because the LORD[H3068] had shut[H5462]up[H1157] her womb[H7358].
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And as he did[H6213] so year[H8141] by year[H8141], when[H1767] she went up[H5927] to the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], so she provoked[H3707] her; therefore she wept[H1058], and did[H6213] not eat[H398].
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Then said[H559]Elkanah[H511] her husband[H376] to her, Hannah[H2584], why weepest[H1058] thou? and why eatest[H398] thou not? and why is thy heart[H3824]grieved?[H3415] am not I better[H2896] to thee than ten[H6235]sons?[H1121]
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So Hannah[H2584] rose up[H6965]after[H310] they had eaten[H398] in Shiloh[H7887], and after[H310] they had drunk[H8354]. Now Eli[H5941] the priest[H3548]sat[H3427] upon a seat[H3678] by a post[H4201] of the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068].
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And she was in bitterness[H4751] of soul[H5315], and prayed[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068], and wept[H1058]sore[H1058].
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And she vowed[H5087] a vow[H5088], and said[H559], O LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], if thou wilt indeed[H7200]look[H7200] on the affliction[H6040] of thine handmaid[H519], and remember[H2142] me, and not forget[H7911] thine handmaid[H519], but wilt give[H5414] unto thine handmaid[H519] a man[H582]child[H2233], then I will give[H5414] him unto the LORD[H3068] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416], and there shall no razor[H4177]come[H5927] upon his head[H7218].
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And it came to pass, as she continued[H7235]praying[H6419]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], that Eli[H5941]marked[H8104] her mouth[H6310].
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Now Hannah[H2584], she spake[H1696] in her heart[H3820]; only her lips[H8193]moved[H5128], but her voice[H6963] was not heard[H8085]: therefore Eli[H5941]thought[H2803] she had been drunken[H7910].
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And Eli[H5941]said[H559] unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken?[H7937] put away[H5493] thy wine[H3196] from thee.
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And Hannah[H2584]answered[H6030] and said[H559], No, my lord[H113], I am a woman[H802] of a sorrowful[H7186]spirit[H7307]: I have drunk[H8354] neither wine[H3196] nor strong drink[H7941], but have poured out[H8210] my soul[H5315]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
16Count[H5414] not thine handmaid[H519]for[H6440] a daughter[H1323] of Belial[H1100]: for[H6440] out of the abundance[H7230] of my complaint[H7879] and grief[H3708] have I spoken[H1696] hitherto.
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Then Eli[H5941]answered[H6030] and said[H559], Go[H3212] in peace[H7965]: and the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]grant[H5414] thee thy petition[H7596] that thou hast asked[H7592] of him.
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And she said[H559], Let thine handmaid[H8198]find[H4672]grace[H2580] in thy sight[H5869]. So the woman[H802]went[H3212] her way[H1870], and did eat[H398], and her countenance[H6440] was no more sad.
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And they rose up[H7925] in the morning[H1242]early[H7925], and worshipped[H7812]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and returned[H7725], and came[H935] to their house[H1004] to Ramah[H7414]: and Elkanah[H511]knew[H3045]Hannah[H2584] his wife[H802]; and the LORD[H3068]remembered[H2142] her.
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Wherefore it came to pass, when the time[H3117] was come[H8622] about after Hannah[H2584] had conceived[H2029], that she bare[H3205] a son[H1121], and called[H7121] his name[H8034]Samuel[H8050], saying, Because I have asked[H7592] him of the LORD[H3068].
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And the man[H376]Elkanah[H511], and all his house[H1004], went up[H5927] to offer[H2076] unto the LORD[H3068] the yearly[H3117]sacrifice[H2077], and his vow[H5088].
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But Hannah[H2584] went not up[H5927]; for[H5704] she said[H559] unto her husband[H376], I will not go up[H5927] until the child[H5288] be weaned[H1580], and then I will bring[H935] him, that he may appear[H7200]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and there abide[H3427]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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And Elkanah[H511] her husband[H376]said[H559] unto her, Do[H6213] what seemeth[H5869] thee good[H2896]; tarry[H3427] until thou have weaned[H1580] him; only the LORD[H3068]establish[H6965] his word[H1697]. So the woman[H802]abode[H3427], and gave her son[H1121]suck[H3243] until she weaned[H1580] him.
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And when she had weaned[H1580] him, she took him up[H5927] with her, with three[H7969]bullocks[H6499], and one[H259]ephah[H374] of flour[H7058], and a bottle[H5035] of wine[H3196], and brought[H935] him unto the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] in Shiloh[H7887]: and the child[H5288] was young[H5288].
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And they slew[H7819] a bullock[H6499], and brought[H935] the child[H5288] to Eli[H5941].
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And she said[H559], Oh[H994] my lord[H113], as thy soul[H5315]liveth[H2416], my lord[H113], I am the woman[H802] that stood[H5324] by thee here, praying[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068].
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For this child[H5288] I prayed[H6419]; and the LORD[H3068] hath given[H5414] me my petition[H7596] which I asked[H7592] of him:
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Therefore also I have lent[H7592] him to the LORD[H3068]; as long as he liveth[H3117] he shall be lent[H7592] to the LORD[H3068]. And he worshipped[H7812] the LORD[H3068] there.