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15 “No, sir!”[a] Hannah replied. “I’m a deeply troubled[b] woman. I’ve drunk neither wine nor beer. I’ve been pouring out my soul in the Lord’s presence. 16 Don’t consider your maid servant a worthless woman. Rather, all this time I’ve been speaking because I’m very anxious and distressed.”

17 “Go in peace,” Eli answered. “May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:15 Lit. No, my lord
  2. 1 Samuel 1:15 Lit. harsh of spirit; i.e. one whose life is hard

15 “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled.(A) I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring(B) out my soul to the Lord. 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(C)

17 Eli answered, “Go in peace,(D) and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.(E)

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