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bes@1Samuel:1:1 @ There was a man of Armathaim Sipha, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Helkana, a son of Jeremeel the son of Elias the son of Thoke, in Nasib Ephraim.

bes@1Samuel:1:2 @ And he had two wives; the name of the one was Anna, and the name of the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.

bes@1Samuel:1:3 @ And the man went up (note:)Gr. from days to days(:note) from year to year from his city, from Armathaim, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Selom: and there were Heli and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, the priests of the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:1:4 @ And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children.

bes@1Samuel:1:5 @ And to Anna he gave (note:)Gr. one portion(:note) a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.

bes@1Samuel:1:6 @ For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.

bes@1Samuel:1:7 @ So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat.

bes@1Samuel:1:8 @ And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here am I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? am I not better to thee than ten children?

bes@1Samuel:1:9 @ And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the Lord: and Heli the priest was on a seat by the (note:)Gr. lintels(:note) threshold of the temple of the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:1:10 @ And she was very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly.

bes@1Samuel:1:11 @ And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou welt indeed look upon the humiliation of thine handmaid, and remember me, and give to thine handmaid a (note:)Gr. seed of men(:note) man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him Gr. before to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no Gr. iron razor shall come upon his head.

bes@1Samuel:1:12 @ And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Heli the priest marked her mouth.

bes@1Samuel:1:13 @ And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.

bes@1Samuel:1:14 @ And the servant of Heli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:1:15 @ And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live (note:)Compare en sklhra huera(:note) in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.

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bes@1Samuel:1:17 @ And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.

bes@1Samuel:1:18 @ And she said, Thine handmaid has found favour in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.

bes@1Samuel:1:19 @ And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.

bes@1Samuel:1:20 @ And it came to pass (note:)Gr. in the season of days(:note) when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.

bes@1Samuel:1:21 @ And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.

bes@1Samuel:1:22 @ But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

bes@1Samuel:1:23 @ And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

bes@1Samuel:1:24 @ And she went up with him to Selom with a calf (note:)Or, in its third year(:note) of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.

bes@1Samuel:1:25 @ And they brought him before the Lord; and his father slew his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and slew the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli.

bes@1Samuel:1:26 @ And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I am the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:1:27 @ For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.

bes@1Samuel:1:28 @ And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,

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