Dual Panel1There was <01961> a man <0376> from <04480> Ramathaim Zophim <07436>, from the hill country <02022> of Ephraim <0669>, whose name <08034> was Elkanah <0511>. He was the son <01121> of Jeroham <03395>, the son <01121> of Elihu <0453>, the son <01121> of Tohu <08459>, the son <01121> of Zuph <06689>, an Ephraimite <0673>.
2He had two <08147> wives <0802>; the name <08034> of the first <0259> was Hannah <02584> and the name <08034> of the second <08145> was Peninnah <06444>. Now Peninnah <06444> had children <03206>, but Hannah <02584> was childless <03206> <0369>.
3Year after year this man <0376> would go up <05927> from his city <05892> to worship <07812> and to sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068> of hosts <06635> at Shiloh <07887>. It was there <08033> that the two <08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni <02652> and Phineas <06372>, served as the Lord’s <03068> priests <03548>.
4Whenever the day <03117> came <01961> for Elkanah <0511> to sacrifice <02076>, he used to give <05414> meat portions <04490> to his wife <0802> Peninnah <06444> and to all <03605> her sons <01121> and daughters <01323>.
5But he would give <05414> a double <0639> <0259> portion <04490> to Hannah <02584>, because <03588> he especially loved <0157> her <02584>. Now the Lord <03068> had not enabled <07358> <05462> her to have children <07358> <05462>.
6Her rival <06869> wife used to upset <03707> her and <01571> make <07481> her worry <03708>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> had not enabled <05462> her to have children <07358>.
7Peninnah would behave <06213> this way <03651> year <08141> after year <08141>. Whenever <01767> Hannah went up <05927> to the Lord’s <03068> house <01004>, Peninnah would upset <03707> her so that <03651> she would weep <01058> and refuse <03808> to eat <0398>.
8Finally her husband <0376> Elkanah <0511> said <0559> to her, “Hannah <02584>, why <04100> do you weep <01058> and not <03808> eat <0398>? Why <04100> are you so sad <03824> <03415>? Am I <0595> not <03808> better <02896> to you than ten <06235> sons <01121>?”
9On one occasion in Shiloh <07887>, after <0310> they had finished <0310> eating <0398> and drinking <08354>, Hannah <02584> got up <06965>. (Now at the time Eli <05941> the priest <03548> was sitting <03427> in <05921> his chair <03678> by <05921> the doorpost <04201> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01964>.)
10She <01931> was very upset <05315> <04751> as she prayed <06419> to <05921> the Lord <03068>, and she was weeping uncontrollably <01058> <01058>.
11She made a vow <05088> saying <0559>, “O Lord <03068> of hosts <06635>, if <0518> you will look <07200> with compassion on the suffering <06040> of your female servant <0519>, remembering <02142> me and not <03808> forgetting <07911> your servant <0519>, and give <05414> a male <0376> child <02233> to your servant <0519>, then I will dedicate him <05414> to the Lord <03068> all <03605> the days <03117> of his life <02416>. His hair will never <03808> be cut <07218> <05921> <05927>.”
12As <03588> <01961> she continued <07235> praying <06419> to <06440> the Lord <03068>, Eli <05941> was watching <08104> her mouth <06310>.
13Now Hannah <02584> was speaking <01696> from her heart <03820>. Although <07535> her lips <08193> were moving <05128>, her voice <06963> was inaudible <08085> <03808>. Eli <05941> therefore thought <02803> she was drunk <07910>.
14So he said <0559> to <0413> her, “How <04970> often <05704> do you intend to get drunk <07937>? Put away <05493> your wine <03196>!”
15But Hannah <02584> replied <06030>, “That’s not <03808> the way it is, my lord <0113>! I am under a great deal of stress <07307> <07186>. I <0595> have drunk <08354> neither wine <03196> nor beer <07941>. Rather, I have poured out <08210> my soul <05315> to <06440> the Lord <03068>.
16Don’t <0408> consider <05414> your servant <0519> a wicked <01100> woman <01323>, for until <05704> now <02008> I have spoken <01696> from my deep <07230> pain <07879> and anguish <03708>.”
17Eli <05941> replied <0559>, “Go <01980> in peace <07965>, and may the God <0430> of Israel <03478> grant <05414> the request <07596> that <0834> you have asked <07592> of him.”
18She said <0559>, “May I, your servant <08198>, find <04672> favor <02580> in your sight <05869>.” So the woman <0802> went <01980> her way <01870> and got something to eat <0398>. Her face <06440> no <03808> longer <05750> looked <01961> sad.
19They got up early <07925> the next morning <01242> and after worshiping <07812> the Lord <03068>, they returned <0935> <07725> to <0413> their home <01004> at Ramah <07414>. Elkanah <0511> had marital relations <03045> with his wife <0802> Hannah <02584>, and the Lord <03068> remembered <02142> her.
20After some time <03117> Hannah <02584> became pregnant <02029> and gave birth <03205> to a son <01121>. She named <08034> <07121> him Samuel <08050>, thinking <03588>, “I asked <07592> the Lord <03068> for him.
21This man <0376> Elkanah <0511> went up <05927> with all <03605> his family <01004> to make <02076> the yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077> to the Lord <03068> and to keep his vow <05088>,
22but Hannah <02584> did not <03808> go up <05927> with them. Instead <03588> she told <0559> her husband <0376>, “Once <05704> the boy <05288> is weaned <01580>, I will bring <0935> him and appear <07200> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, and he will remain <03427> there <08033> from then on <05769> <05704>.”
23So her husband <0376> Elkanah <0511> said <0559> to her, “Do <06213> what you think <05869> best <02896>. Stay <03427> until <05704> you have weaned <01580> him. May <0389> the Lord <03068> fulfill <06965> his promise <01697>.” So the woman <0802> stayed <03427> and nursed <03243> her son <01121> until <05704> she had weaned <01580> him.
24Once she had weaned <01580> him, she took <05927> him up <05927> with <05973> her, along with three <07969> bulls <06499>, an ephah <0374> of flour <07058>, and a container <05035> of wine <03196>. She brought <0935> him to the Lord’s <03068> house <01004> at Shiloh <07887>, even though he was young <05288> <05288>.
25Once the bull <06499> had been slaughtered <07819>, they brought <0935> the boy <05288> to <0413> Eli <05941>.
26She said <0559>, “Just as surely <0994> as you <0113> are alive <05315> <02416>, my lord <0113>, I <0589> am the woman <0802> who previously stood <05324> here <02088> with <05973> you in order to pray <06419> to <0413> the Lord <03068>.
27I prayed <06419> for <0413> this <02088> boy <05288>, and the Lord <03068> has given <05414> me the request <07596> that <0834> I asked <07592> of <05973> him.
28Now I <0595> dedicate <07592> him to the Lord <03068>. From this time on <03117> <03605> he <01931> is <01961> dedicated <07592> to the Lord <03068>.” Then they worshiped <07812> the Lord <03068> there <08033>.