1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim…
2He had two wives. The name of one…
3This man went up out of his city…
4When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he…
5but he gave a double portion to Hannah,…
6Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her,…
7So year by year, when she went up…
8Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why…
9So Hannah rose up after they had finished…
10She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed…
11She vowed a vow, and said, “LORD of…
12As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli…
13Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her…
14Eli said to her, “How long will you…
15Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a…
16Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for…
17Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may…
18She said, “Let your servant find favor in…
19They rose up in the morning early and…
20When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and…
21The man Elkanah, and all his house, went…
22But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said…
23Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what…
24When she had weaned him, she took him…
25They killed the bull, and brought the child…
26She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul…
27I prayed for this child, and the LORD…
28Therefore I have also given him to the…
