1 GLT Now there was one man from the Ramathaim, the Zuphites, 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 GLT And for him were two wives: the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. And it happened that for Peninnah were children, but for Hannah there were no children. BSB BSB: He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
3 GLT And that man went up from his city from days to days to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of hosts in Shiloh. And the two of the sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests of 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 GLT And it happened the day when Elkanah sacrificed that he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all 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 GLT But to Hannah he would give one portion of two faces, for he loved Hannah.(Now 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 GLT And her rival would provoke her, even with provocation in order to cause her to 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 GLT And thus it would be year by year, as often as she went up in the house of Yahweh, thus she would provoke her. And she would weep and would 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 GLT And Elkanah her husband would say to her,“Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart displeased? Am I not better to 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?”
9 GLT And Hannah got up after eating and after drinking in Shiloh.(Now Eli the priest was sitting upon the seat by the doorway to 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 GLT And she was bitter of spirit, and she prayed to Yahweh and wept abundantly. BSB BSB: In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
11 GLT And she vowed a vow and said,“Yahweh of hosts, if you will indeed 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 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 GLT And it happened when she increased to pray before 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 GLT Now Hannah, she was speaking to her heart, only her lips were quivering and her voice was not heard. So Eli thought of her as 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 GLT And Eli said to her,“Until when will you make yourself drunk? Remove your wine from with you!” BSB BSB: and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
15 GLT And Hannah answered and said,“No, my master, a woman difficult of spirit am I. And wine and intoxicating drink I have not drunk, but I have been pouring out my soul before 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 GLT Do not give your female servant to the face of a daughter of worthlessness. For I have been speaking from the abundance of my complaint and my provocation 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 GLT And Eli answered and said,“Go in peace. And may the God of Israel grant your request that you requested from with him.” BSB BSB: “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
18 GLT And she said,“May your female servant find favor in your eyes.” And the woman went to her way and she ate. And her face was no longer against 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.
19 GLT And they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the face of Yahweh. And they returned and came to their house in the 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 GLT And it happened at 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 GLT And the man Elkanah and all 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 GLT But Hannah did not go up. For she had said to her husband,“Until the boy is weaned, then I will bring him. And he will appear with the face of Yahweh and dwell there until eternity.” 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 GLT And Elkanah her husband said to her,“Do the good thing 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 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 GLT 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 in 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 GLT 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 GLT And she said,“Please, my master! As your spirit is alive, my master! I am the woman who was standing with you at here 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 GLT For this boy I prayed and Yahweh gave to me my request which I had requested from with him. BSB BSB: I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
28 GLT And also I have lent him to Yahweh all the days that he is lent 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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