Samuel's birth and childhood
1THERE was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph an Ephraimite.
2He had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah; Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.
3Every year this man went up from his town to worship and offer sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the LORD.
4When Elkanah sacrificed, he gave several shares of the meat to his wife Peninnah with all her sons and daughters;
5but to Hannah he gave only one share; the LORD had not granted her children, yet it was Hannah whom Elkanah loved.
6Hannah's rival also used to torment and humiliate her because she had no children.
7This happened year after year when they went up to the house of the LORD; her rival used to torment her, until she was in tears and would not eat.
8Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why are you crying and eating nothing? Why are you so miserable? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
9After they had finished eating and drinking at the sacrifice at Shiloh, Hannah rose in deep distress, and weeping bitterly stood before the LORD and prayed to him. Meanwhile Eli the priest was sitting on his seat beside the door of the temple of the LORD.
10(1:9)
11Hannah made this vow: “LORD of Hosts, if you will only take notice of my trouble and remember me, if you will not forget me but grant me offspring, then I shall give the child to the LORD for the whole of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
12For a long time she went on praying before the LORD, while Eli watched her lips.
13Hannah was praying silently; her lips were moving although her voice could not be heard, and Eli took her for a drunken woman.
14“Enough of this drunken behaviour!” he said to her. “Leave off until the effect of the wine has gone.”
15“Oh, sir!” she answered, “I am a heart-broken woman; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my feelings before the LORD.
16Do not think me so devoid of shame, sir; all this time I have been speaking out of the depths of my grief and misery.”
17Eli said, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant what you have asked of him.”
18Hannah replied, “May I be worthy of your kindness.” And no longer downcast she went away and had something to eat.
19Next morning they were up early and, after prostrating themselves before the LORD, returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had intercourse with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her;
20she conceived, and in due time bore a son, whom she named Samuel, “because”, she said, “I asked the LORD for him”.
21Elkanah with his whole household went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to keep his vow.
22Hannah did not go; she said to her husband, “After the child is weaned I shall come up with him to present him before the LORD; then he is to stay there always.”
23Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best; stay at home until you have weaned him. Only, may the LORD indeed see your vow fulfilled.” So the woman stayed behind and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
24When she had weaned him, she took him up with her. She took also a bull three years old, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him, child as he was, into the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
25When the bull had been slaughtered, Hannah brought the boy to Eli
26and said, “Sir, as sure as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
27It was this boy that I prayed for and the LORD has granted what I asked.
28Now I make him over to the LORD; for his whole life he is lent to the LORD.” And they prostrated themselves there before the LORD.
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