1Samuel:1

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* 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And the day came , and Helkana sacrificed , and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * And she was very much grieved in spirit , and prayed to the Lord , and wept abundantly . * 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 . * And it came to pass , while she was long praying before the Lord , that Heli the priest marked her mouth . * And she was speaking in her heart , and her lips moved , but her voice was not heard : and Heli accounted her a drunken woman . * 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 . * 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 . * * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * For this child I prayed ; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him . * 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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