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16 Do not regard your servant as a worthless, wicked woman. I have been speaking like this because of my great misery and because of how I have been grieved.”[a]

17 Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel give you what you have asked for.”

18 She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went on her way. She ate, and her face no longer looked sad.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:16 Or provoked

16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(A)

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

18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.(D)” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.(E)

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