ULT 1SA Chapter 1

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1 Now there was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 And two wives were to him. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. And children were to Peninnah, but to Hannah children were not. 3 And that man went up from his city from days to days to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there. 4 And it was the day, and Elkanah sacrificed, and he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all of her sons and her daughters. 5 But to Hannah he gave one portion for two faces, for he loved Hannah but Yahweh had shut her womb, 6 but her adversary also provoked her with provocation in order to make her thunder, because Yahweh had shut up her womb. 7 And thus he did year by year; according to her going up to the house of Yahweh, thus she would provoke her. And she wept and did not eat. 8 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart bad? Am I not better for you than ten sons?” 9 And Hannah arose after eating and after drinking in Shiloh. (Now Eli the priest was sitting on a seat by the doorpost of the temple of Yahweh.) 10 And she was bitter of soul, and she prayed to Yahweh, and weeping, she wept. 11 And she vowed a vow, and she said, “Yahweh of Armies, if looking, you will look on the affliction of your maidservant and remember me and not forget your maidservant and give to your maidservant a seed of men, then I will give him to Yahweh all of the days of his life, and a razor will not go up on his head.” 12 And it happened, as she made much to pray to the face of Yahweh, that Eli was watching her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she was speaking in her heart. Only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard. So Eli considered her to be drunk. 14 And Eli said to her, “Until when will you make yourself drunk? Remove your wine from you!” 15 And Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, a woman sorrowful of spirit am I. And wine and beer I have not drunk, but I have been pouring out my soul to the face of Yahweh. 16 Do not give your maidservant to the face of a daughter of wickedness. For from the abundance of my complaint and my provocation I have been speaking until now.” 17 And Eli answered and said, “Go in peace. And may the God of Israel grant your request that you requested from him.” 18 And she said, “May your maidservant find favor in your eyes.” And the woman went on her way, and she ate. And her face was no longer to her. 19 And they arose early in the morning and worshiped to the face of Yahweh. Then they returned and came to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. 20 And it happened, in the turning of the days, that Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, for “I requested him from Yahweh.” 21 And the man Elkanah and all of his house went up to sacrifice to Yahweh the sacrifice of the days and his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, “Until the boy is weaned, then I will bring him. And he will be seen at the face of Yahweh and dwell there forever.” 23 And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do the good in your eyes. Stay until you have weaned him. Only may Yahweh raise up his word.” And the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him. 24 And she brought him up with her when she had weaned him, with three bulls and one ephah of flour and a skin of wine. And she brought him to the house of Yahweh at Shiloh. (Now the boy was a boy.) 25 And they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the boy to Eli. 26 And she said, “Please, my lord! The life of your soul, my lord, I am the woman having stationed herself with you in this place to pray to Yahweh. 27 For this boy I prayed, and Yahweh gave to me my request that I requested from him. 28 And also I have granted him to Yahweh; all of the days that he is, he is granted to Yahweh.” And he worshiped Yahweh there.

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