Elkanah and His Wives (Psalm 113:1–9)
1 ULT 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. BSB BSB: Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
2 ULT 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. BSB BSB: He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
3 ULT 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. BSB BSB: Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
4 ULT 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. BSB BSB: And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
5 ULT But to Hannah he gave one portion{ for} two faces, for he loved Hannah but Yahweh had shut her womb, BSB BSB: But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
6 ULT but her adversary also provoked her{ with} provocation in order to make her thunder, because Yahweh had shut up her womb. BSB BSB: Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
7 ULT 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. BSB BSB: And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
8 ULT 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?” BSB BSB: “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
Hannah Prays for a Son 9 ULT 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.) BSB BSB: So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
10 ULT And she{ was} bitter of soul, and she prayed to Yahweh, and weeping, she wept. BSB BSB: In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
11 ULT And she vowed a vow, and she said,“Yahweh of Armies, if looking, you will look on the affliction of your female servant and remember me and not forget your female servant and give to your female servant 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.” BSB BSB: And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
12 ULT And it happened, as she made much to pray to the face of Yahweh, that Eli was watching her mouth. BSB BSB: As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
13 ULT 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. BSB BSB: Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
14 ULT And Eli said to her,“Until when will you make yourself drunk? Remove your wine from you!” BSB BSB: and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
15 ULT 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. BSB BSB: “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
16 ULT Do not give your female servant to the face of a daughter of wickedness. For from the abundance of my complaint and my provocation I have been speaking until now.” BSB BSB: Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
17 ULT And Eli answered and said,“Go in peace. And may the God of Israel grant your request that you requested from him.” BSB BSB: “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
18 ULT 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. BSB BSB: “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
The Birth of Samuel 19 ULT 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. BSB BSB: The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
20 ULT 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.” BSB BSB: So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
21 ULT And the man Elkanah and all of his house went up to sacrifice to Yahweh the sacrifice of the days and his vow. BSB BSB: Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
22 ULT 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.” BSB BSB: but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
23 ULT 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. BSB BSB: “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
24 ULT 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.) BSB BSB: Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
25 ULT And they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the boy to Eli. BSB BSB: And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
26 ULT 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. BSB BSB: “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
27 ULT For this boy I prayed, and Yahweh gave to me my request that I requested from him. BSB BSB: I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
28 ULT 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. BSB BSB: I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
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