But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but ^aI have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.

Do not regard your servant as ^ba worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”

Then Eli answered, ^c“Go in peace, and the God of Israel ^dgrant your petition that you have made to him.”

And she said, ^e“Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman ^fwent her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at ^gRamah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord ^hremembered her.

And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.” ▼

▼ Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God

The man Elkanah and all his house ^jwent up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord ^kand dwell there forever.”

^lElkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; ^monly, may the Lord establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.